Hi, Toad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on 2003-10-23: > What newsgroups? I don't know about any newsgroups. It was covered > adequately on the devl list (which unstable users should be reading), > the CVS list, and the IRC channels on both freenode and IIP. I don't > want to put it on the website because we don't need the publicity at the > moment.
Since you're linking to GMANE as the mailing list archives on www.freenetproject.org, it's only fair to assume that a number of people read this via the NNTP interface at news.gmane.org (Newsgroup: gmane.network.freenet.devel). I even tried to post a few experiences to freenet-support from there, but it seems the moderator dropped my message. Regarding the whole experience: As a casual node operator, I received the impression over time that it was recommended to run an unstable node, since 5028 was 'broken'. It was also recommended in various places as good practice to update daily. I think intentionally breaking compatibility without prior announcement was a bit harsh, and the argument that unstable users ought to expect this is weak since unstable seems to have become the de-facto standard for people who want to run useful Freenet nodes. At least a mention in the README file, or a mention on Fproxy's main page would have made this a lot easier to handle. Posting it on the development mailing list is fine, but a few day's notice really wouldn't have hurt, I think - I for one have other concerns and can't keep current with every mailing list I'm subscribed to all the time. Regarding the publicity: What, do you think it's not going to be on slashdot this way? :) ciao, -- [*Thomas Themel*] "That which is novice-friendly is too frequently [extended contact] expert-hostile, and vice versa." [info provided in] - Tom Christiansen, crossposting [*message header*] "GUIs considered harmful" to eight groups
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