[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7?idea:?off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Florent Daignière
* Matthew Toseland [2008-05-19 12:58:24]: > > > > > software on people's machines which we didn't write, and which for all > > > > > we know could contain well hidden code to delete their hard disks on > > > > > July 4th just for a laugh. If we install this software, WE ARE > > > > >

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea:?off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Florent Daignière
* Matthew Toseland [2008-05-19 11:47:16]: > On Sunday 18 May 2008 05:17, Florent Daigni?re wrote: > > * Ian Clarke [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: > > > > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland > > > wrote: > > > >> Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will > > > >>

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea:?off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Monday 19 May 2008 12:33, Florent Daigni?re wrote: > * Matthew Toseland [2008-05-19 11:47:16]: > > > On Sunday 18 May 2008 05:17, Florent Daigni?re wrote: > > > * Ian Clarke [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: > > > > > > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland > > > > wrote: > > > > >>

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Sunday 18 May 2008 05:17, Florent Daigni?re wrote: > * Ian Clarke [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: > > > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland > > wrote: > > >> Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will > > >> motivate users to use Freenet. Only developers download

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea:?off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Florent Daignière
* Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-19 11:47:16]: On Sunday 18 May 2008 05:17, Florent Daignière wrote: * Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail,

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7?idea:?off-grid darknet!

2008-05-19 Thread Florent Daignière
* Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-19 12:58:24]: software on people's machines which we didn't write, and which for all we know could contain well hidden code to delete their hard disks on July 4th just for a laugh. If we install this software, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-18 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: > On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland > wrote: > >> Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will > >> motivate users to use Freenet. Only developers download the JRE, most > >> users get it bundled with Java apps. The same

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-17 Thread Ian Clarke
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland wrote: >> Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will >> motivate users to use Freenet. Only developers download the JRE, most >> users get it bundled with Java apps. The same will be true of >> Freenet, its a platform, most

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-17 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 22:09, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Colin Davis wrote: > >> Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet > >> apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is > >> no reason for us to host all of them -

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-17 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 22:09, Ian Clarke wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is no reason for us to host all of

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-17 Thread Ian Clarke
On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will motivate users to use Freenet. Only developers download the JRE, most users get it bundled with Java apps. The same will be true of Freenet, its a

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-17 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-17 13:35:40]: On Sat, May 17, 2008 at 6:10 AM, Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Exactly, which is why Thaw, Freemail, etc are the apps that will motivate users to use Freenet. Only developers download the JRE, most users get it bundled

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [2008-05-16 09:35:34]: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daigni?re > wrote: > >> But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a > >> far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't > >> follow that Java should bundle all of these

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 15:35, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daigni?re > wrote: > > > > What about fproxy; shall it be separated from fred too ? I think it > > should be a plugin to the node. > > Fproxy is the means through which the node is configured, so it >

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [2008-05-16 09:21:10]: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis wrote: > > I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it > > would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted > > by application development.. Currently, when

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Colin Davis wrote: >> Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet >> apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is >> no reason for us to host all of them - that is rediculous. Let them >> use sourceforge, or

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 15:21, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis wrote: > > I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it > > would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted > > by application development.. Currently,

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
Okay, I'm modifying my compromise solution slightly here: The installer itself should be lean and mean, and not bundle anything apart from the smaller plugins. At the end of the post-install wizard, we show the user a brief explanation of each application, and ask them whether they want it.

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 09:53, Jano wrote: > Ian Clarke wrote: > > > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Rogers > > wrote: > That would be a very valuable system, I just don't see what it's got to > do with Freenet. > >>> > >>> Ummm, the fact that it would be a routable small world

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Thursday 15 May 2008 23:09, Colin Davis wrote: > Ian Clarke wrote: > > I do agree that bundling can make user's lives easier, but it should > > be >>client apps bundling Freenet<<, not the other way around. > > > > Ian. > > > > > > I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Colin Davis
Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daigni?re > wrote: > >>> But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a >>> far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't >>> follow that Java should bundle all of these apps. >>> >>

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Colin Davis
> Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet > apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is > no reason for us to host all of them - that is rediculous. Let them > use sourceforge, or google code, or set up their own website. > > For the

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Jano
Ian Clarke wrote: > On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Rogers > wrote: That would be a very valuable system, I just don't see what it's got to do with Freenet. >>> >>> Ummm, the fact that it would be a routable small world darknet? >> >> That's an assumption, not a fact. As far

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daigni?re wrote: >> But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a >> far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't >> follow that Java should bundle all of these apps. > > Heh, java has a frozen API... last time I

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Matthew Toseland wrote: > Strongly agreed. From the point of view of a new user, or a journalist, FMS is > part of Freenet. It is highly unlikely to get any independant publicity, even > if we don't bundle it. All that happens if we don't bundle it is it doesn't >

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis wrote: > I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it > would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted > by application development.. Currently, when Freenet makes a new > revision, that hits Slashdot,

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Jano
Ian Clarke wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be a very valuable system, I just don't see what it's got to do with Freenet. Ummm, the fact that it would be a routable small world darknet? That's an assumption, not a fact. As far as I

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Thursday 15 May 2008 23:09, Colin Davis wrote: Ian Clarke wrote: I do agree that bundling can make user's lives easier, but it should be client apps bundling Freenet, not the other way around. Ian. I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 09:53, Jano wrote: Ian Clarke wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That would be a very valuable system, I just don't see what it's got to do with Freenet. Ummm, the fact that it would be a routable small world

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
Okay, I'm modifying my compromise solution slightly here: The installer itself should be lean and mean, and not bundle anything apart from the smaller plugins. At the end of the post-install wizard, we show the user a brief explanation of each application, and ask them whether they want it.

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted by application development.. Currently, when Freenet makes a new revision, that

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 15:21, Ian Clarke wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted by application development..

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-16 09:21:10]: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be promoted by application

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 6:35 AM, Matthew Toseland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Strongly agreed. From the point of view of a new user, or a journalist, FMS is part of Freenet. It is highly unlikely to get any independant publicity, even if we don't bundle it. All that happens if we don't bundle it

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daignière [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't follow that Java should bundle all of these apps. Heh, java has a frozen API...

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Florent Daignière
* Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-05-16 09:35:34]: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daignière [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't follow that Java should

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Matthew Toseland
On Friday 16 May 2008 15:35, Ian Clarke wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daignière [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about fproxy; shall it be separated from fred too ? I think it should be a plugin to the node. Fproxy is the means through which the node is configured, so it

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Colin Davis
Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is no reason for us to host all of them - that is rediculous. Let them use sourceforge, or google code, or set up their own website. For the same

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Colin Davis
Ian Clarke wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Florent Daignière [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the same argument could be used in my Java analogy. Java has a far higher profile than many apps written in Java, but it doesn't follow that Java should bundle all of these apps.

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-16 Thread Ian Clarke
On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Colin Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why are you so obsessed with turning us into Sourceforge for Freenet apps? If we are successful there could be hundreds of apps, there is no reason for us to host all of them - that is rediculous. Let them use

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-15 Thread Colin Davis
Ian Clarke wrote: > I do agree that bundling can make user's lives easier, but it should > be >>client apps bundling Freenet<<, not the other way around. > > Ian. > > I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready

[freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-15 Thread Ian Clarke
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Michael Rogers wrote: >>> That would be a very valuable system, I just don't see what it's got to >>> do with Freenet. >> >> Ummm, the fact that it would be a routable small world darknet? > > That's an assumption, not a fact. As far as I know there's little

Re: [freenet-dev] Combating bloat (was: Re: Post 0.7 idea: off-grid darknet!

2008-05-15 Thread Colin Davis
Ian Clarke wrote: I do agree that bundling can make user's lives easier, but it should be client apps bundling Freenet, not the other way around. Ian. I can certainly understand where you're coming from, and agree that it would be ideal, but I don't think that Freenet is ready to be