ok thanks Matthew for the answers :) Now I understand!
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 10:09 PM, Matthew Toseland <
[email protected]> wrote:
> On Friday 23 Nov 2012 20:47:24 Simon Vocella wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > i have more questions after one my little refactoring:
> >
> > - Why you don't user a log4j or similar project to log?
>
> There's a lot we could move to third party code, it's an ongoing process,
> e.g. we've started work on crypto recently.
>
> Re logging, we have fairly specialised requirements - even if we use a
> standard logging API, we'd probably need our own rotation/compression code,
> and we'd likely need other things too. E.g. we use logging quite a lot and
> have it all in if(class specific boolean) { ... }. The reason for this is
> generating the strings (and GCing them) can use a lot of CPU: it's vital
> that if logging is turned off for that class then it not do *anything*.
> There have been proposals to solve this in various less-ugly ways. Have a
> look at the devl archives if interested. I'd be interested to know if any
> of the standard logging solutions have an answer for this... Also, have a
> look at the config in advanced mode for logging to get an idea of why we'd
> need a custom logfile writer thread.
> >
> > - The idea to use Apache Maven is worth with the guideline of Freenet?
>
> Security issues. Maven doesn't verify checksums/signatures when
> downloading dependencies. And also we have quite a few anonymous
> contributors, so downloading files during the build process is bad.
> >
> > - How can I test? There is a test suite?
>
> There is some junit coverage, the tests run during a normal build ("ant").
> However, most high-level classes don't have unit tests. There are also some
> useful tools in freenet/node/simulator/ which run several nodes inside one
> JVM and have them test various functions. We need more tests. Most changes
> are tested by running a node ...
> >
> > Simon
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Simon Vocella <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Matthew! Thanks for the answer!
> > >
> > > I already builded Freenet! Now I'm going to help in some way :)
> > >
> > > Simon
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Matthew Toseland <
> > > [email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Monday 19 Nov 2012 07:55:22 Simon Vocella wrote:
> > >> > Hi Steve,
> > >> >
> > >> > I compiled all from the source, but why bcprov.jar and
> freenet-ext.jar
> > >> is
> > >> > not in lib dir? license problem?
> > >> >
> > >> > And why junit.jar is not in lib dir too?
> > >>
> > >> It's bad form to put jars in git repositories, since it keeps a full
> > >> history. So you have to download it by hand. The ant script will
> fetch it
> > >> for you but that's off by default for security reasons, we have a few
> > >> anonymous developers.
> > >>
> > >> Welcome aboard! Please ask any questions you need answering. You
> should
> > >> be able to find bcprov and freenet-ext.jar, if only from an existing
> > >> Freenet install, but otherwise download bcprov from bouncycastle.org(the
> 1.5 provider) and freenet-ext.jar from
> > >> downloads.freenetproject.org/alpha/
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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