On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 08:58:45AM -0500, thelema wrote: > > And what does the asking? The node - perhaps via a console in Windows? > > FCP-based clients are the user interface, the node has no business > > talking to the user directly except via FCP, and putting something like > > this in the freenet.conf file is also inappropriate. > > > The installer would ask this. Making this a required part of > installation (choosing where to put your reference) would force users to > know they have a reference, which we could recommand they give to their > friends[1] when they try freenet.
Again, this is not the type of thing that should go in the freenet conf file. You keep pointing out that there are alternatives to putting it in FCP, however you have failed to explain why any of those alternatives are preferable. > I'm not recommending that all the functionality be exposed on the > command-line, I agree that some of it is best placed in FCP. But as for > testing whether a noderef is good or not, this doesn't "pry inside the > operational datastore". This is an independent action from the normal > operations of the node, and doesn't have to be bolted on so directly. Of course it doesn't have to be, but the debate is why shouldn't it be? 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/20011008/02fcf304/attachment.pgp>
