On 02/12/15 22:34, Psalle wrote: > Let me hijack the topic at this point (following Victor Denisov trail) > into another though experiment: instead of arguing what Freenet needs > or could do, I'll contribute my *chief* reason not to use it (I've > been running it from time to time since around 2005). > > Although I just said I'll say one chief reason, I'll cheat and offer > one using three different hats. > > As a /user/, freenet is extraordinarily heavy for the computers I've > used it on (some of them not that low spec). Disk trashing in some of > them was so interfering with normal use to make it unbearable.
Unfortunately we've done nearly everything we can about this. The client layer is *far* more efficient than it was on disk I/O, and the datastore too. Maybe it needs some careful profiling. One thing we could do is use I/O priorities though, especially on Windows. This might help significantly. > > As a /programmer/, the two times I've tried to catch a bug or > contribute some code, I found it exceedingly difficult to dive into > it. Arguably I could have chosen too difficult points of entry... Probably. :| You should ask for some pointers? > > As a /donor/ circa 2007 IIRC, I felt my monthly contribution was being > wasted on features that led nowhere. Any particular features? Ancient history I guess... > > I understand that this post might be interpreted as a very negative > criticism (and become quite depressing), but that's not my intention > at all. I simply had to prioritize money, time and resources, and > those where the reasons I can remember instinctively (I won't argue my > instinct and biases are perfect). I'm frustrated many times by not > having something useful to contribute, but since these are things I'm > sure of, I think this perspective can be a positive negative ;-) > > Cheers.
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