On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 09:21:49PM +0200, LAci wrote: > > Hi, > > Would it be possible to set transient=yes for default? The average user > won't know what's this, and leaves it as default... and someone > who is experienced enough to run a 24/7 host on the net is more likely > reads the documentation, and can turn off the default transient > setting... (the same could be done in the linux version).
The configuration should ask. But we want to encourage nodes to take part in the network when we can, the more nodes that are transient, the worse freenet works. > BTW: The FAQ says: " A later version of Freenet may take better advantage > of transient nodes." I'm patiently waiting for that version, which I think > will be an important milestone... utilizing the storage capacity of the PC > of the average user, where the PC is on only a few hours a day. This would > increase the number of nodes, and there could be a lot of cached documents > on a lot of nodes, and copies of the documents would pop up and disappear > as transient nodes join and leave the net. Is it difficult/possible to > implement? The next major version will be able to handle nodes on shifting IPs better (by an internal lookup system), and possibly be able to take care of nodes that go down temporarily as well, but basic reliability will always be expected from a node in Freenet. -- 'DeCSS would be fine. Where is it?' 'Here,' Montag touched his head. 'Ah,' Granger smiled and nodded. Oskar Sandberg oskar at freenetproject.org _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
