feature: option to override the hostname

[AiyionPrime]

btw, is there an option to override the hostname?

I don't think so, but with the config file it should be easilier possible to add such an option, since their is to need to add another argc. 😄

Originally posted by @herbetom in #60 (comment)

This could improve usability on cheap VPS hosts, where hostnames get changed on a regular basis by the hoster.

[herbetom]

I did something which just needs another solution for the float conversion: https://github.com/ffnord/mesh-announce/pull/63/files

[AiyionPrime]

Looks very promising, another solution differently like what?

[herbetom]

IIRC float and the fallback to None are not really compatible or something along those lines.

[AiyionPrime]

Not tested this, but the only thing irritating about this is the rather unsafe conversion to float; but as it does this only with localconfig values, it should not be a huge problem, I think.

[AiyionPrime]

Just clarify; his code works fine and would resolve this issue.