Michael Rogers wrote: > Matthew Toseland wrote: >> Various users complained about Freenet adding a user to run under. But I >> really don't see what we could do differently... one user said it changed >> the >> login screen for XP, I've heard this before too, it may be that there is no >> solution. :| > > There is a solution: do what every other P2P app does.
*every* ? What about http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/Main_Page ? As far as I know, their model is similar to ours: they have got a daemon and "clients" connecting to it through an home-grown protocol. > Keep the files in > the user's home directory so there are no permissions problems. They don't > Run from > the start menu when the user logs in, and shut down when the user logs > out. They don't > Use JDIC to display a system tray icon so the user can shut down > the app to play games or whatever. I assure you that P2P networks can > operate successfully on this basis. ;-) > Toad explained to you why freenet can't. "P2P networks" is way too vague to make general assertions like that.
