On 5/15/06, David Sowder (Zothar) <freenet-devl at david.sowder.com> wrote: > Ed Tomlinson wrote: > > On Monday 15 May 2006 10:27, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > > >> On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 11:09:51PM +0200, freenetwork at web.de wrote: > >> > >>>> Ed Tomlinson wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Saturday 13 May 2006 10:04, Matthew Toseland wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> exit? > >>>>>> > >>>>> I would like that much better. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> So EXIT would close the socket and QUIT would shutdown the node? Or the > >>>> other way around? > >>>> > >>> if it's supposed to shut down the node, use SHUTDOWN (like in *nix to > >>> bring something completely down) > >>> to close the socket use EXIT (like sh/dosshell) or QUIT (like 95% of > >>> programs) > >>> > >>> what's the problem? :) > >>> 0,02EUR > >>> > >> shutdown might end up being typed on the console? I suppose that's not a > >> real problem as shutdown on its own won't bring the system down, even if > >> the user is root. > >> > > > > Freenet uses java. So the above depends on the OS. For instance, shutdown > > alone is > > enought to stop an IBM VM based os (which does run java...) > > > So don't run Freenet "as root". :) > > Honestly, it looks to me like the "QUIT closes the socket, SHUTDOWN > takes down the node" approach is favored by most who have spoken, but > then I favor this myself. > > > Should we put this to an informal vote? > > Candidate A: "EXIT closes the socket, QUIT takes down the node" > Candidate B: "QUIT closes the socket, SHUTDOWN takes down the node" > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
I vote for B.
