Richard, Great to have you on board, we have been sorely missing a Debian maintainer.
A few things I think are important: The freenet.jar file, basically the bytecode binary that contains Freenet, is updated on a near daily basis, actually two versions are available: http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-latest.jar and http://freenetproject.org/snapshots/freenet-unstable-latest.jar One problem with the debian packages is that they try to track the main Freenet releases, but in doing so users lose out on the often valuable bugfixes available in the snapshots. As such, there should be an easy way for a debian user to update to the latest stable or unstable .jar file. Another issue is what version of Java to use. Kaffe works with Freenet most of the time, others can comment on that, but unfortunately for real reliability we must still rely on Sun's Java Runtime Environment. I am sure others will have their comments too, Kind regards, Ian. On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 06:48:15PM -0400, Richard Hecker wrote: > Greetings; > > Ian suggested that I should introduce myself. I am a Debian > developer who has followed this project for a few years now. I > noticed that the Debian package was orphaned recently and I would > like to keep Freenet available to the Debian community. I am in > the process of adopting the package and working through the bugs > filed against it. This will not be my only package and I have > higher priority items that prevent me from turning this into a > crusade. I hope to enlist the support of the Freenet developers. > > I do not have any Java experience but I have worked for 20 years > as a software engineer with various languages. I am not worried > about the learning curve but I want to avoid wasting my time. My > intention is to get suggestions and ideas from Freenet developers > that will keep the Debian package current. I may contribute code > as time and experience permits. I will be serious and thoughtful > about any questions I ask and I appreciate any guidance you can > provide to focus my efforts wisely. I read my email regularly so > you can be assured of careful consideration of anything you send. > > I will now spend some time with the FAQ type materials and archives > to refresh my general concepts. I was using Kaffe and other tools > on various pet projects. I may need to dedicate a specific > environment for this commitment. I am sure there are numerous > ideas about what works best. I would enjoy hearing some personal > recommendations in this area. > > Richard > _______________________________________________ > devl mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -- Ian Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] Coordinator, The Freenet Project http://freenetproject.org/ Founder, Locutus http://locut.us/ Personal Homepage http://locut.us/ian/ _______________________________________________ devl mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hawk.freenetproject.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
