On 16 Oct 2006, at 02:29, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) wrote: > * Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> [2006-10-15 21:37:35]: > >> >> On 15 Oct 2006, at 16:14, Florent Daigni?re (NextGen$) wrote: >> >>> * Dave Baker <dbkr at freenetproject.org> [2006-10-15 20:57:57]: >>> >>>> On Saturday 14 October 2006 12:57, nextgens at freenetproject.org >>>> wrote: >>>>> Author: nextgens >>>>> Date: 2006-10-14 11:57:08 +0000 (Sat, 14 Oct 2006) >>>>> New Revision: 10661 >>>>> >>>>> Modified: >>>>> trunk/freenet/src/freenet/clients/http/ >>>>> DarknetConnectionsToadlet.java >>>>> Log: >>>>> Small hack on fproxy to deny node removal if there isn't one >>>>> week of >>>> inactivity. >>>> >>>> Is there a particular reason for this? Surely if a user is >>>> removing an active >>>> node, they're doing it for a reason. This strikes me as very >>>> patronising. >>> >>> Fighting against network churn... I'm not sure a big warning >>> would be >>> efficient enough :| >>> >>> Maybe I should even do a step forward : remove the "disable" >>> feature and let only BurstOnly and ListenOnly. >> >> This isn't a good idea, I agree with Dave Baker, it is patronizing, >> and reminiscent of the kind of attitude that leads to things like >> DRM. If a user decides that they want to remove a connection, it >> isn't our business to tell them they can't. >> >> Anyway, connection churn is much more likely to be due to nodes going >> up and then going down permanently, than people removing peers >> prematurely. >> >> If I could state a general principal here, remember that our software >> is just a guest on the user's computer. If they tell it to do >> something, it should do it. We have no business second guessing >> users. >> >> Ian. >> >> Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. >> phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog >> > > Ok, so I'll revert it, but may I add a confirmation step with a > discouraging warning insteed ?
How about using color coding? Make connections that haven't been active for over a week red, make other ones a less concerning black - or something like that. Ian. Ian Clarke: Co-Founder & Chief Scientist Revver, Inc. phone: 323.871.2828 | personal blog - http://locut.us/blog -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20061016/ac8a500e/attachment.html>
