On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:48 PM, Evan Daniel <eva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 10:17 PM, Ian Clarke <i...@locut.us> wrote: > >> Really? I don't see much functionality that fits that description. > >> Sure, the advanced mode config and stats pages get rather long. But > >> surely implementing those is no harder than implementing the simple > >> mode ones. > > > > There is a lot. Core functionality is being able to surf web pages, > > download and upload files, participate in the forums, and perhaps this > new > > blogging thing. > > And configuring Freenet, and verifying that your node is healthy, and > adding darknet peers. And probably searching as well. > Yes, and those things. > > Wait, are you referring to what is required to compile Java to > Javascript > > using GWT, or what is required to compile the entire GWT development > toolset > > from source? I see no reason that we need to do the latter, any more > than > > we need to compile Eclipse or javac from source before using it. > > You can't build those? That's news to me. Are you asserting that you can't build GWT if you put in the effort? I thought you hadn't tried. Open source doesn't require that something is easy to build, it just requires that it can be done. > At present building Freenet does not require any tool that can't be > built from source. I don't think that's a mandatory property: when > Freenet started, this was not true of Java, and I think that was a > reasonable decision. But I don't think it's a property we should give > up lightly, either. > It was never a requirement for Freenet, neither in the past, nor now. That being said, I've seen no evidence to support your implication that GWT cannot be built from source. > Anyway, as I said already, I don't see much point in arguing if your > mind is made up. I've taken the time to consider and respond to every point you've made, and at no point have I said that my mind is made up on anything. You are the one bringing the discussion to a close but you want to make it my fault. Sorry, but I'm wise to such passive aggressive rhetorical tactics :-) Ian. -- Ian Clarke CEO, SenseArray Email: i...@sensearray.com Ph: +1 512 422 3588
_______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org http://osprey.vm.bytemark.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
