On 5/15/06, David Sowder (Zothar) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ed Tomlinson wrote:
> On Monday 15 May 2006 10:27, Matthew Toseland wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 14, 2006 at 11:09:51PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>>> Ed Tomlinson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday 13 May 2006 10:04, Matthew Toseland wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> exit?
>>>>>>
>>>>> I would like that much better.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> So EXIT would close the socket and QUIT would shutdown the node? Or the
>>>> other way around?
>>>>
>>> if it's supposed to shut down the node, use SHUTDOWN (like in *nix to bring
something completely down)
>>> to close the socket use EXIT (like sh/dosshell) or QUIT (like 95% of
programs)
>>>
>>> what's the problem? :)
>>> 0,02EUR
>>>
>> shutdown might end up being typed on the console? I suppose that's not a
>> real problem as shutdown on its own won't bring the system down, even if
>> the user is root.
>>
>
> Freenet uses java. So the above depends on the OS. For instance, shutdown
alone is
> enought to stop an IBM VM based os (which does run java...)
>
So don't run Freenet "as root". :)
Honestly, it looks to me like the "QUIT closes the socket, SHUTDOWN
takes down the node" approach is favored by most who have spoken, but
then I favor this myself.
Should we put this to an informal vote?
Candidate A: "EXIT closes the socket, QUIT takes down the node"
Candidate B: "QUIT closes the socket, SHUTDOWN takes down the node"
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I vote for B.
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