On Tue, 09 Oct 2001, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Mon, Oct 08, 2001 at 09:24:03PM -0500, thelema wrote: > > > And why is this approach better than having an "Export reference" option > > > in a taskbar icon or in something like FreeWeb? > > > > > Because it: > > 1) encourages and actively gets people sending their reference to > > others, or at least thinking about it, instead of just ignoring an > > option in a menu they might not see ever > > There is no reason that this option would have to be obscure in my > proposal, and no reason why this option might not be obscure with your > proposal, so this point doesn't differenciate the two in any way. > In your proposal it's a menu option somewhere that people might not notice, or might just not use, because it doesn't request a file for them. In mine, it's presented to them with explanation of what's going on and they're forced to go through it.
> > 2) doesn't require shutting down the node to accomplish > > The same is true of my proposal. > If you're saying that the taskbar icon should be able to talk FCP to do this without restarting the node, I claim that's a bit absurd. > > 3) only has to be done once per install, and you definitely want to > > replace it when you re-install, so forcing the user to do it each > > install will make sure they're not giving out bad references. > > And again, the same can be true of my proposal. > It's really easy for a user to re-install freenet and still be handing out the old reference with your proposal. With my proposal, the user is forced to create a new reference if they re-install. > Can you give me one, just one reason that your proposal is preferable? > > If not, why are you wasting both of our time with this silly debate? > > Ian. I hope I've given you three reasons. I agree that this is silly debate, but I honestly believe that having the installer create the noderef is the *right* way to do it. 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/20011009/3f0bab2f/attachment.pgp>
