Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key
"David Dernoncourt" writes: > I installed successfully on Linux with Java 17. … > Thanks for all the continued work :) Thank you for testing! Three more tests needed to be able to release: >> - [ ] auto update on windows >> - [ ] auto update on GNU/Linux >> - [ ] installer on windows >> - [X] installer on GNU/Linux ✓ > Default datastore size was 100 GiB indeed. On a side note, it would be > great to be able to define a custom value without having to live-edit > the page with web dev tools, like it is possible for bandwidth > settings. Patches / Pull requests welcome (this is not hard, but takes a while to realize). The code is here: https://github.com/freenet/fred/blob/next/src/freenet/clients/http/wizardsteps/DATASTORE_SIZE.java#L61 Bandwidth settings as example are here: https://github.com/freenet/fred/blob/next/src/freenet/clients/http/wizardsteps/BANDWIDTH_RATE.java#L95 Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein, ohne es zu merken. draketo.de signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key
I installed successfully on Linux with Java 17. Default datastore size was 100 GiB indeed. On a side note, it would be great to be able to define a custom value without having to live-edit the page with web dev tools, like it is possible for bandwidth settings. Default upload speed was 32 KiB/s. Default number of threads was 1000. All default bookmarks worked. Thanks for all the continued work :) On Sun, Apr 3, 2022, at 01:09, Dr. Arne Bab. wrote: > Thanks to TheSeeker for the review! > > > We found an error in dependencies.properties: wrapper-linux-ppc-64 had > the wrong CHK key. This should not have any effect on any other > platform, but better safe than sorry. > > Updated jars and installers: > https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01493 > > CHK@guwY9~yFAK-54jJFfvnCiSUShtHKDbWBdNXRRZmSeYc,N9kLHcWeKD1RzvuqEC8MvpDuBX6pH4PxwQlgc1P-5xM,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493.jar > CHK@IWmuNY6SuaWE-fn86YO~pqlDrVcDjADZ0T6Ew-ZL9MA,AKpxdi2Bm9BQu1Fs1hMoagn3vdeB1IGub~nX5BQMUhY,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493.jar.sig > CHK@07dc2TkhlpuQBJV2WEK1z2SAycEiv07zbtZC9A4keQs,34RYMOAnxxIkGAyLIfC8qNoSNuZpPRjWtvS68aZ5rbQ,AAMC--8/FreenetInstaller-1493.exe > CHK@4qXfy7qBJ-UGWJ51Jpfd2A5xlU0wPBVOR6dUiomrilU,uQh6xGyUJwlDZSec-LYTmuqf7g7p2e2fvXJuevq4o~E,AAMC--8/FreenetInstaller-1493.exe.sig > CHK@AufV75DZTW2wMIcQ5u0VsWXqiLguMOHK4jnpuhnmjU8,ZMJcjmuUlLO6ojpsGjjTTbbBjw~Q~TzmelbWxf0beEc,AAMC--8/new_installer_offline_1493.jar > CHK@nqIPBJMvPyocdir3Kky7bF3sBKDWj-DOFe4kmxfju-c,BMOAEJRVRhXx81B~-wd~h~geiS-HQrZmLe6rFM6ClHY,AAMC--8/new_installer_offline_1493.jar.sig > > CHK@Gxxk-ycyO~k8Cg62~9B1LHyZlzFoGouIuf5uE1THXrQ,31RDTUGUeJ8dXgAM8Q3ZAdlRJHvia9KbxrYRoYpEbVU,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493-source.tar.bz2 > > > > There’s also a new testing update key: > USK@BrNh~RNzsl3zQueAH0Ed8bgF88kZHa4AH64RNKjsCU4,~hvYp2qtiUUXk4r2AuwMbiNvLiBcPhl9Nt4lsrvaYn8,AQACAAE/jar/1492 > > The inserts to the testing key are running right now. Please give it a > go! Since this is a tiny change compared to the test release from last > weekend, I plan to release when I get one positive report for: > - auto update on windows > - auto update on GNU/Linux > - installer on windows > - installer on GNU/Linux > > (just to make sure nothing "theoretically impossible" broke). > > > Also please comment on the release notes; I plan to re-use these for the > announcement on the website: > > > -- Draft for Announcement -- > > Freenet 0.7.5 build 1493 is now available. [overview] > > > This build provides four core improvements: > > 1. Curated default bookmarks, >including an actively maintained index and Shoeshop for sneakernet > 2. Better peer scaling for very fast nodes > 3. Updated defaults to adapt to the higher capacities of modern systems > 4. Compatibility with Java 17, first in the installers, with the >following update for all nodes > > > The curated default bookmarks provide a much better first-start > experience. Previously new users saw mostly outdated sites in > inactive indexes. > > Adding Shoeshop to enable sneakernet which can connect separate > Freenet networks even if no internet connection can be established > now provides all the tools for selfpublishing, not only in the > style of publishing an online blog (which is already easy with > Sharesite) or sending a file to an independent printer, but in the > much more self-reliant style, resourcefulness and rebellious spirit > of classical samizdat. > > > Adjusted peer-scaling fixes a conceptual problem: Fast nodes could > not utilize their bandwidth well enough, because the previous > peer-scaling did not take the aggregated bandwidth limit of the > peers into account. Now very fast nodes have linearly scaling > peer-counts to make it more likely that the capacity of their peers > added together matches the capacity of the fast node. The absolute > upper limits stay in place, because they are needed to preserve > privacy. There are also no changes to the peer-scaling of slower > nodes. > > The fixed scaling should improve the performance of the whole > network because it avoids creating artificial bottlenecks. > > > Changes to the defaults are a doubled thread limit of newly > installed nodes (increased from 500 to 1000), with the stack size > per thread reduced by half to avoid higher memory consumption, the > datastore size is increased from 20GiB to 100GiB, because SSDs are > much faster and more resilient than before, and the default > bandwidth to offer if the actual speed cannot be found is doubled > to 32KiB/s. > > These newer defaults should also improve the first-time user > experience. > > > Compatibility with Java 17 took longer than we hoped, because it > required deploying a newer wrapper and changes to the classpath. > This makes it easier to support packages for modern Linux, and it > should avoid losing nodes when Java updates itself (starting from > the next update this also applies to existing nodes; we have to > deploy the update code in 1493 so it
Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key
Steve Dougherty writes: > --- Original Message --- > On Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 7:09 PM, Dr. Arne Bab. > wrote: > ... >> -- Draft for Announcement -- >> >> Freenet 0.7.5 build 1493 is now available. [overview] > > I'd suggest removing "[overview]". When I wrote the template I > intended it as a placeholder, not a section header. Fixed — thank you :-) (when standing on the shoulders of giants it’s really useful to have them still around to ask „am I using this right?“ :-) >> This build provides four core improvements: > > Nice! This release looks like a good collection of changes. :) Thank you! >> now provides all the tools for selfpublishing, not only in the > > I'd suggest "self-publishing" fixed - thanks! >> transifex updated enough of the the German, Persian, Finnish, > > Is it worth capitalizing Transifex? It seems to be how they style it > themselves. You’re right. The important point about our translators is not that they use transifex, but that they volunteer translating Freenet. > I don't notice anything else I'd suggest changing in this > announcement. Thanks for getting this release together! Thank you for checking it! > - Steve Best wishes, Arne -- Unpolitisch sein heißt politisch sein, ohne es zu merken. draketo.de signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: New test-release for 1493, with new testing key
--- Original Message --- On Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 at 7:09 PM, Dr. Arne Bab. wrote: ... > -- Draft for Announcement -- > > Freenet 0.7.5 build 1493 is now available. [overview] I'd suggest removing "[overview]". When I wrote the template I intended it as a placeholder, not a section header. > > This build provides four core improvements: Nice! This release looks like a good collection of changes. :) ... > now provides all the tools for selfpublishing, not only in the I'd suggest "self-publishing" ... > transifex updated enough of the the German, Persian, Finnish, Is it worth capitalizing Transifex? It seems to be how they style it themselves. I don't notice anything else I'd suggest changing in this announcement. Thanks for getting this release together! - Steve
New test-release for 1493, with new testing key
Thanks to TheSeeker for the review! We found an error in dependencies.properties: wrapper-linux-ppc-64 had the wrong CHK key. This should not have any effect on any other platform, but better safe than sorry. Updated jars and installers: https://github.com/freenet/fred/releases/tag/build01493 CHK@guwY9~yFAK-54jJFfvnCiSUShtHKDbWBdNXRRZmSeYc,N9kLHcWeKD1RzvuqEC8MvpDuBX6pH4PxwQlgc1P-5xM,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493.jar CHK@IWmuNY6SuaWE-fn86YO~pqlDrVcDjADZ0T6Ew-ZL9MA,AKpxdi2Bm9BQu1Fs1hMoagn3vdeB1IGub~nX5BQMUhY,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493.jar.sig CHK@07dc2TkhlpuQBJV2WEK1z2SAycEiv07zbtZC9A4keQs,34RYMOAnxxIkGAyLIfC8qNoSNuZpPRjWtvS68aZ5rbQ,AAMC--8/FreenetInstaller-1493.exe CHK@4qXfy7qBJ-UGWJ51Jpfd2A5xlU0wPBVOR6dUiomrilU,uQh6xGyUJwlDZSec-LYTmuqf7g7p2e2fvXJuevq4o~E,AAMC--8/FreenetInstaller-1493.exe.sig CHK@AufV75DZTW2wMIcQ5u0VsWXqiLguMOHK4jnpuhnmjU8,ZMJcjmuUlLO6ojpsGjjTTbbBjw~Q~TzmelbWxf0beEc,AAMC--8/new_installer_offline_1493.jar CHK@nqIPBJMvPyocdir3Kky7bF3sBKDWj-DOFe4kmxfju-c,BMOAEJRVRhXx81B~-wd~h~geiS-HQrZmLe6rFM6ClHY,AAMC--8/new_installer_offline_1493.jar.sig CHK@Gxxk-ycyO~k8Cg62~9B1LHyZlzFoGouIuf5uE1THXrQ,31RDTUGUeJ8dXgAM8Q3ZAdlRJHvia9KbxrYRoYpEbVU,AAMC--8/freenet-build01493-source.tar.bz2 There’s also a new testing update key: USK@BrNh~RNzsl3zQueAH0Ed8bgF88kZHa4AH64RNKjsCU4,~hvYp2qtiUUXk4r2AuwMbiNvLiBcPhl9Nt4lsrvaYn8,AQACAAE/jar/1492 The inserts to the testing key are running right now. Please give it a go! Since this is a tiny change compared to the test release from last weekend, I plan to release when I get one positive report for: - auto update on windows - auto update on GNU/Linux - installer on windows - installer on GNU/Linux (just to make sure nothing "theoretically impossible" broke). Also please comment on the release notes; I plan to re-use these for the announcement on the website: -- Draft for Announcement -- Freenet 0.7.5 build 1493 is now available. [overview] This build provides four core improvements: 1. Curated default bookmarks, including an actively maintained index and Shoeshop for sneakernet 2. Better peer scaling for very fast nodes 3. Updated defaults to adapt to the higher capacities of modern systems 4. Compatibility with Java 17, first in the installers, with the following update for all nodes The curated default bookmarks provide a much better first-start experience. Previously new users saw mostly outdated sites in inactive indexes. Adding Shoeshop to enable sneakernet which can connect separate Freenet networks even if no internet connection can be established now provides all the tools for selfpublishing, not only in the style of publishing an online blog (which is already easy with Sharesite) or sending a file to an independent printer, but in the much more self-reliant style, resourcefulness and rebellious spirit of classical samizdat. Adjusted peer-scaling fixes a conceptual problem: Fast nodes could not utilize their bandwidth well enough, because the previous peer-scaling did not take the aggregated bandwidth limit of the peers into account. Now very fast nodes have linearly scaling peer-counts to make it more likely that the capacity of their peers added together matches the capacity of the fast node. The absolute upper limits stay in place, because they are needed to preserve privacy. There are also no changes to the peer-scaling of slower nodes. The fixed scaling should improve the performance of the whole network because it avoids creating artificial bottlenecks. Changes to the defaults are a doubled thread limit of newly installed nodes (increased from 500 to 1000), with the stack size per thread reduced by half to avoid higher memory consumption, the datastore size is increased from 20GiB to 100GiB, because SSDs are much faster and more resilient than before, and the default bandwidth to offer if the actual speed cannot be found is doubled to 32KiB/s. These newer defaults should also improve the first-time user experience. Compatibility with Java 17 took longer than we hoped, because it required deploying a newer wrapper and changes to the classpath. This makes it easier to support packages for modern Linux, and it should avoid losing nodes when Java updates itself (starting from the next update this also applies to existing nodes; we have to deploy the update code in 1493 so it can run during the update to 1494). All together these changes should improve the user experience for new people, give sneakernet the visibility it deserves, and increase the performance of the network as a whole. And last, but definitely not least, our translation team at transifex updated enough of the the German, Persian, Finnish, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, and Swedish texts in Freenet that we can ship the new versions. Thank you very much! That Freenet can keep moving forward and help people worldwide to exercise their basic rights and freedoms is the work of amazing volunteers,
