> I can see some potential problems, though (which may have been addressed > already, or I may not be understanding things correctly): > > 1. Presumably we're wanting old versions of the documents to expire. If > document 1 keeps getting requested, then the network will think it's > popular, and it'll never expire. > > 2. Freenet doesn't guarantee that you'll be able to find a document, so > surely this means that the algorithm you describe might fail sometimes, > especially if you have some old documents expiring and others not.
I do agree with both of these criticisms, which is why I too prefer the timestamp option. Ian. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20000815/79567762/attachment.pgp>
