On Mon, 08 Oct 2001, Ian Clarke wrote: > 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 don't want to put anything in the config file. I want the install program to, right before it starts the node for the first time, to present the user with a dialog asking where to save the node's reference, and recommending that they give it to other people for when they install.
> > 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. And I say it shouldn't be because I don't think that client programs are going to need the local node's reference; they're already connected to it and accessing freenet just fine. It's useful as a file so that you can attach that file to an e-mail for sending to people or for things like that in terms of giving the ref to people. Thelema -- E-mail: thelema314 at bigfoot.com If you love something, set it free. GPG 1536g/B9C5D1F7 fpr:075A A3F7 F70B 1397 345D A67E 70AA 820B A806 F95D -------------- 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/e8fcffb8/attachment.pgp>
