-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, perhaps a shorter version of it - that was a very long news item - more of a self-contained press release.
I think it may be time to replace download.php with download-new.php. Ian. On 25 Apr 2006, at 12:45, Matthew Toseland wrote: > You sure the 0.7 alpha notice should no longer be on the main page? > > On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 07:01:46PM +0000, ian at freenetproject.org > wrote: >> Author: ian >> Date: 2006-04-25 19:01:45 +0000 (Tue, 25 Apr 2006) >> New Revision: 8577 >> >> Modified: >> trunk/website/pages/news.php >> Log: >> clean up news a bit >> >> Modified: trunk/website/pages/news.php >> =================================================================== >> --- trunk/website/pages/news.php 2006-04-25 18:52:23 UTC (rev 8576) >> +++ trunk/website/pages/news.php 2006-04-25 19:01:45 UTC (rev 8577) >> @@ -15,12 +15,9 @@ >> <b>25th April, 2006: Video of Freenet 0.7 talk at 22C3 now >> available</b><br> >> The video of Ian and Oskar's talk at 22C3 is now available for >> download. >> -Grab it via <a >> -href="http://media.ccc.de/filez/congress/2005/lectures/video/ >> mp4/22C3-videos-incomplete-20050423-torrents/22C3-492-en- >> freenet_new_version.mp4.torrent">torrent</a>, >> -<a >> -href="http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/!final/22C3-492-en- >> freenet_new_version.mp4">http</a>, >> -or <a >> -href="http://dijjer.org/get/http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/!final/ >> 22C3-492-en-freenet_new_version.mp4">Dijjer</a>. >> +Grab the <a >> +href="http://media.ccc.de/filez/congress/2005/lectures/video/ >> mp4/22C3-videos-incomplete-20050423-torrents/22C3-492-en- >> freenet_new_version.mp4.torrent">torrent >> +here</a>. >> You can also download their <A >> href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc- >> slideshow.pdf.bz2">slideshow</a>, >> and the source for the Java <a href="<a >> @@ -34,55 +31,3 @@ >> running before it will work. Try it out by installing <a >> href="/index.php?page=download-new">Freenet 0.7</a>, and then <a >> href="http://jtcfrost.sourceforge.net/";>Frost</a>. >> -<p> >> -<b>3rd April, 2006: Freenet 0.7 Alpha 1</b><br> >> -<p>Freenet is a decentralised "peer-to-peer" system designed to >> allow the >> -anonymous sharing of information on the Internet. After many >> months of work, >> -the first alpha version of Freenet 0.7 is ready for testing.</p> >> -<p>Freenet 0.7 represents a major new approach to peer-to-peer >> network design. >> -To protect the network, and the user's anonymity, Freenet users >> will now have >> -the ability to connect directly to other people that they know >> and trust, >> -together forming a "global darknet" making it extremely difficult >> for any >> -third party, whether a government or another powerful >> organisation, to >> -determine that a user is participating in Freenet, let alone what >> they are >> -doing with it. This new version is a complete rewrite of the >> Freenet >> -software, representing numerous other improvements, including:</ >> p><ul> >> -<li>Freenet now operates over UDP rather than TCP</li> >> -<li>Freenet can transparently operate through firewalls</li> >> -<li>Freenet's core architecture and algorithm has been redesigned >> for simplicity and efficiency</li> >> -<li>A new and even simpler API allowing the rapid development of >> third party software that interacts with Freenet</li> >> -</ul> >> -<p>The new Freenet employs a simpler and more flexible routing >> model than >> -previous versions, which in the future may allow diverse >> applications ranging >> -from efficient search, to near-real time instant messaging and >> chat between >> -anonymous participants. Initially Freenet 0.7 will be a "pure >> darknet" >> -model, in that all connections must be trusted, however future >> versions will >> -permit a mixed opennet/darknet approach where the user can opt to >> allow >> -untrusted connections to their node, which will improve >> connectivity and >> -convenience at the expense of security.</p> >> -<p>Note that this release is still a very early alpha; users >> should neither >> -expect it to be secure, nor user friendly. Rather, the purpose >> of this release >> -is to facilitate wider testing, to inform people of the progress >> we have made, >> -and to attract fresh development talent, both to Freenet itself, >> and to third >> -party applications that use Freenet as a platform.</p> >> -<p>This release would not have been possible without the work of >> numerous >> -volunteers, and Matthew Toseland, Freenet's full time developer. >> Matthew's work >> -is funded through donations via our website, we ask that anyone >> who can help us >> -to ensure Matthew's continued employment by visiting our >> donations page and >> -making a contribution at:</p> >> -<p><a href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php? >> page=donate">http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=donate</a></p> >> -<p>The new version of Freenet may be downloaded from:</p> >> -<p><a href="http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=download- >> new">http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=download-new</a></p> >> -<br> >> -<b>18th February, 2006: Searching in a Small World</b><br> >> -Oskar Sandberg has made available his thesis <a href="http:// >> www.math.chalmers.se/~ossa/lic.pdf">Searching in a Small World</a>. >> -This describes a simple decentralized algorithm for creating >> small world networks that is inspired by Freenet's original >> -approach, along with the experimental and theoretical basis for >> this approach. This also provides an insight into why >> -small world networks might form naturally among human relationships. >> -<p> >> -<b>3rd January, 2006: Slides and Demo from Chaos Congress talk >> now online</b><br> >> -On Friday 30th Oskar Sandberg and I <a href="http://events.ccc.de/ >> congress/2005/fahrplan/events/492.en.html">spoke</a> >> -at the 22nd Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin, Germany. We >> were speaking about >> -the upcoming 0.7 redesign of Freenet. Now that I have thawed out >> -(it was -6°C!), I have had a chance to upload our <a >> href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc- >> slideshow.pdf.bz2">slideshow</a> (pdf.bz2 format), and a Java <a >> href="http://freenetproject.org/papers/ccc/ccc-freenet- >> demo.tar.bz2">demo</a> >> -(requires Java 1.5). >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cvs mailing list >> cvs at freenetproject.org >> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cvs >> > > -- > Matthew J Toseland - toad at amphibian.dyndns.org > Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ > ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so. > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEToCMQtgxRWSmsqwRAqsbAJ4v/GUDzh8b8ooouCO5jdXwKfQgvwCfQq4r /1tFqstiDxXlUT7AtvGYDb0= =a+81 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
