On Mon, Jun 12, 2006 at 08:32:52PM +0300, Jusa Saari wrote: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2006 12:15:54 +0200, Jerome Flesch wrote: > > >> Finally, why does FUQID need replacing ? I thought it was working just > >> fine, even on Freenet 0.7 ? > >> > > It works only under Windows. And no, Wine is *not* a solution, because it > > works only on Linux 32bits, and so Mac OS[X] users and Linux 64bits users > > (amd64) can't use Fuqid. > > I was under the impression that Freenet itself doesn't works so well under > 64-bit Linux, since that doesn't support non-native Posix threads, leading > to a deadlock.
Purely a temporary problem, and in any case as long as the wrapper works (does it?), the node will be auto-restarted when it hangs. This is why we have disabled the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL hack on new installs; it's not necessary as long as the wrapper and the watchdog work. > > Besides, can't 64-bit Linux run 32-bit programs, if the correct libraries > are installed ? That's an awful lot of work for the user... > > > In addition, Fuqid allows only the user to insert and retreive files on > > Freenet. I agree, it's its purpose, but I plan to do something better, > > allowing users to create, manage and browse indexes containing their file > > lists. > > Doesn't Frost already have this functionality ? Not really no. Frost has searchable file lists attached to boards. It has very limited fuqid-type functionality, and even its file list searching isn't that great. What we are talking about here is amongst other things a universal index format, which can be used by Librarian as well... > > >> > Some people put forward already some names on IRC, for example: > >> > "freeshare", "jeefree", "freezilla". Currently, my favorite is > >> > "freeshare" (even if it suggests a little bit too much copyright > >> > infringement). > >> > >> How about just calling it "Freenet Downloading Tool", or FDT for short ? > >> > > You told us that it was better if it has no meaning, no ? :) > > In all honesty, if you heard of a tool called "FDT", would it say anything > to you ?-) -- Matthew J Toseland - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freenet Project Official Codemonkey - http://freenetproject.org/ ICTHUS - Nothing is impossible. Our Boss says so.
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