If I were to write it, Python'd be a dependency until somebody wrote either a Freenet plugin or a standalone Java program that did the same thing. I just mention pyFreenet because it's what I know. Someone who is more comfortable in Java could probably code this up just as quickly.
Florent Daigni?re wrote: > * David Sowder (Zothar) <freenet-devl at david.sowder.com> [2007-11-07 > 18:29:01]: > > >> Perhaps we could write a plugin or separate program to grab the opennet >> ref from the node, post it on this or some other pastebin, and provide >> the user with the URL to trade. I don't know about the plugin approach >> nor a Java program, but I don't think it'd take me much to code this >> with pyFreenet. >> >> > > pyFreenet is great... but do we want python to be yetAnotherDependency ? > > >> Fr?d?ric wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> A significant percentage of the new Freenet users doesn't understand >>> the way to exchange refs through IRC. Some of them doesn't know how to >>> use a pastebin and most of them who aren't registered at Freenode >>> doesn't understand why their private messages never arrived. >>> So, yes I think it's a good idea to provide our own exchange system. >>>
