The main reason is that if we directed users to 0.5 then we would have to maintain 0.5, and we don't have the manpower to do that. As far as content goes my suspicion - confirmed by many on Frost and IRC - is that the lack of content is largely due to bugs which are in the process of being worked out (e.g. lack of insert resuming). It's also feedback; if there is no content then people are less likely to put content on. The way to break the cycle is to fix the bugs, and that's what I've been doing. As far as opennet goes, as I have said, the network is not ready for opennet.
On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 01:25:40AM -0700, Scruple Scruple wrote: > Why is alpha software Freenet 0.7 being pushed onto users on the download > page? I think it better that the stable Freenet 0.5 be featured as the > preferred download. > > http://freenet.sourceforge.net/download.html > > Until Freenet 0.7 has open-net I do not think it is ready to be treated in > favor of 0.5. New users are not sticking around on 0.7 because there are few > content, finding peers harder with darknet along other problems, bugs and > continual updates. > > Pushing 0.7 onto new users in spite of it lack of maturity is in poor form. > P.S. On a related topic of reports & complains about a lack of content on > Freenet 0.7, I may have an explanation for that. I am in touch with a number > of major Freenet (0.5) content providers since I run the largest media & > content index site on Freenet 0.5 (FreeNova). Many users, including my self, > are staying with 0.5 until 0.7 proves itself. > > Scruple -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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