I'm working on a new design for the website, to be released with 0.5. Will show you guys what it looks like soon enough ;) The colors are still green, but very much different.
*nym Ian Clarke wrote: > > There are a few small things standing between us and our 0.5 release: > > The datastore corruption bug :- > I spoke to Tavin today (he is alive!), and he is rewriting the > datastore code, which should take care of this bug. He estimates about > a week before he is done. > > FProxy :- > It is looking good, it does the basics, along with security, and > apparently it even supports split files although I have yet to test this > personally > > Windows Installer :- > Strangely, the installer that has been available from "Techgrounds" > works fine for me, but the installer in the snapshot release didn't work > for me when I tested it on W2K. I will get a better bug report, but I > am sure it is a minor problem. David's configuration tool is great, > although I think it still needs some usability work which won't take > long. > > Linux Installer :- > I have modified the Linux snapshot builds to use FProxy, and it works > for me. Generally feedback on the Linux Installer has been good, > although ultimately a linux installer should install Freenet as a > service which is started on boot and stuff like that. Such > functionality is probably left to rpm and deb builds, although I don't > know of anyone looking at these right now. > > Website :- > I would like to change the colour scheme of the website to signify the > new release, but have yet to have any specific suggestions on this. I > am concerned about the lack of up-to-date documentation - to address > this I will probably install a "Wiki" integrated into the website in the > next few days. http//phpwiki.sf.net/ is the current favourite (although > it doesn't seem to support "rollback" to previous versions which would > be nice in the event of vandalism). > > Seed nodes :- > The current mechanism for providing seed nodes is probably a security > risk. It will be very difficult for users to find seed nodes > themselves, but relying on a centralized list is undesirable. > > The optimal solution is probably to set up an obscure node which > "harvests" seed nodes from the network, and to provide a URL which > allows access to a list of some of these harvested nodes. > > The more conservative among us would rather that users are instructed to > find seed nodes themselves, but I think that this would make > installation too difficult for 99.9% of our potential userbase (hell, I > would have trouble finding a list of seed nodes without asking on > #freenet or something, which is hardly a solution for every user). > Since freenet partially relies on safety in numbers, ruling out 99.9% of > our userbase would make Freenet much less effective all-round. This is > still open to debate, but I suspect that the current mechanism employed > in the Linux snapshot will be the default if we don't come up with > anything better. > > Basically, we are really close, I would guess 1 to 2 weeks away. > > Ian. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
