> > >>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. > Huh? There is nothing in my proposal which requires it to be an obscure option, and nothing in your proposal which prevents it from being an obscure option. The bottom line is that the ultimate decision will rest with the client writers either way - so debating over how it might be presented to the user is irrelevant.
>>>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. > I gave one example of how this might be used, which was that the taskbar code could provide this functionality, in which case it would need to speak FCP. What is absurd about that? >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. > That is rubbish, it is entirely a question of how clients are implemented, and irrelevant to this debate. A user who takes the seed.ref file created on node startup and put it on their website could just as easily forget to update their website when they reinstall regardless of whose proposal is used. >>Can you give me one, just one reason that your proposal is preferable >> >I hope I've given you three reasons. > No you haven't - you have simply made assumptions about how client writers might implement this, and then attacked my proposal on the basis of how you conveniently assumed a client writer would do things, however I could just as easily make the same assumptions in reverse and turn your argument on its head. Ian. _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl at freenetproject.org http://lists.freenetproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devl
