On Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 01:23:56PM +1200, David McNab wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to strongly request 2 easy new features for FCP.
> 15 minutes work for someone who knows the node code well.
>
[snip]
> 2) Restart Node
>
> With these features, there won't be any need to run the jar file for any
> reason except to start up the node.
>
> Protocol details:
>
[snip]
>
> 2) Restart node
>
> (Client->Node)
>
> ClientRestartNode
> [Password=<adminPassword>]
> EndMessage
>
> (Node->Client)
>
> NodeRestarting
> EndMessage
>
>
> Please don't casually brush off this request - it will help a lot towards the
> drive to make Freenet user-friendly
>
> Cheers
> David
The only comment is that *is this really the proper way to do this*?
Should Freenet clients be able to restart the Freenet node at all,
especially on multiuser systems and such (yes, UNIX is multiuser). In
addition, if this is to get around some bug in Fred which forces one
to regularly restart it, I think that it is just not the Right Way to
do it. Why not spend the time you would have spent coding this to
actually do some debugging so that you won't have to restart the
Freenet node? And if you can't get that to work well, why not include
code in the Freenet node to automatically restart itself periodically
or when certain criteria are met?
--
Yes, I know my enemies.
They're the teachers who tell me to fight me.
Compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance,
hypocrisy, brutality, the elite.
All of which are American dreams.
- Rage Against The Machine
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