> But the coding involved in this project is not deep magic (god knows I > wouldn't be able to do it if it were), so I am a little surprised at the > lack of developers really willing to put down time. Somebody on Slashdot
There definitely is some magic involved, though not deep magic. There is a whole body of terminology and assumptions that we've made up and that newcomers are therefore totally unfamiliar with. This can be intimidating. You also have to be able to handle the heated debates and intermittently huge volume of pointless e-mail. Most people come to the project wanting to make a few quick enhancements over the weekend but find that despite their good intentions, you can't just jump in and weigh connections based on ping time or add searching. You have to have committment to get anything done. I think the solution to the developer problem is to come up with a list of enhancements that could be made without intimdate knowledge of the code and terminology. I think a lot of people just don't know where to start. One thing that people could work on is alternative transport systems. That's mostly independent of the codebase and the different key types, routing methodology, and other such things that people generally get really confused about on a regular basis. _______________________________________________ Freenet-dev mailing list Freenet-dev at lists.sourceforge.net http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/freenet-dev
