On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 08:07:00PM -0800, Michael Sisler wrote:
> 1) I'm still on version 0.3.4-2 but I've downloaded the setup files for
> 0.3.5 and 0.3.6. Is it ok to install newer versions without uninstalling my
> current version?
Yes, the only thing that you might want to do is to take a note of the port your
current node is running on just in case the new installation tries to change it.
This wouldn't be fatal, but it would mean that your node would need to
re-integrate itself into Freenet.
> 2) I'm running Freenet under a Windows environment and I notice with every
> download that some files are created which seem to be temp files, but I
> wonder if it's alright to delete them or if the files are needed for
> something. If I pass some file names and locations will you be able to tell
> me which one's are ok to delete? Here are two DOS outputs of the file types
> I question, from two different directories, taken from the same
> time/download:
>
> 11/26/00 05:13p 19 t1617f675
>
> Directory of D:\Program Files\Freenet\.freenet\2626
>
> 11/26/00 05:13p 38 t4138596
> 11/26/00 05:13p 78 t4138596.inf
These should not be deleted - they are the data which your Freenet node is
caching.
> 3) How can we get rid of corrupted content as it could still be continually
> requested, hence continue to exist? I tried to get a zipped file and it
> downloaded ok, but it wasn't a valid file and my extraction software(s)
> wouldn't open it. Perhaps the "owner" of the key can remove if there is a
> means of contacting him or her anonymously. Will the owner ever be able to
> remove content? The way I see it bad Internet content is bad Internet
> content and a waste of time, so why would they want to keep it on Freenet?
There are ways to update data, both now, and more advanced mechanisms in the
future.
> 4) Ok, now don't laugh, but I'd like to help if I could. I'm a novice
> programmer but not good enough for programming help I think. Because of
> this fact I didn't even look at the code yet, but perhaps I can help in
> other ways. Foremost I would really like to write, and I think I write well
> if you need that. I also have the ability to test software or perhaps my
> modest web design skills could be of some use. I do not use WYSIWYG crap, I
> do all web stuff from text editors. Please let me know if there's anything
> I can do at this time. Do you think there is?
Look at sites such as KSK@Aardvark, and see if you can do something similar.
Freenet needs more content.
Ian.
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