On 7/30/06, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) <nextgens at freenetproject.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Would someone mind if I remove "pentium" optimized native big > integer libraries ? what about pentiummmx too ? > The asset beeing a space gain. > > Atm, we have : none, pentium, pentiummmx, pentium2, pentium3, > pentium4, k6, k62, k63, athlon, x86_64 > > IMHO, freenet 0.7 can't run "well enough" on a pentium. I'm > running a node on a pentium2 and I'm already short of resources. > > I've got one other idea: what about distributing > YetAnotherJarfile with only optimized libraries ? > > one for windows, one for linux (half space gain) > or one per processor type (including both linux and win32 libs : > big space gain) > > any thought ? >
Honestly, I think this is more work than it is worth. Freenet.jar is half the size of the freenet-ext.jar but is downloaded dozen's of times more often. In the big picture this is a small percentage of the bandwidth. Our target audiance is broadband users to which 1 extra megabyte once in a great while is not an issue. Also, I think this will lead to possible support and configuration issues if users get the wrong .jar's or mess around trying for better performance from different files, I would much rather see the energy spent making the nodeupdater detect new versions amd update the freenet-ext.jar file in-Freenet. My 2 cents. -- I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it. - Voltaire
