The first documents are on the wiki and can be read and navigated starting from here: https://lab.dyne.org/Netsukuku/ita/docs/development
--Luca On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Luca Dionisi <[email protected]> wrote: > The next release of Netsukuku shall have the following objectives: > > 1. make the code more modular; the modules must be able to operate > each one independently from the others, each one just exposes a well > described interface to the others. > > 2. document for each module: > * a design document (what it has to accomplish and why); > * the interface that the module must expose to the outside; > * technical implementation details. > > 3. more closely reflect the original specifications (i.e. the QSPN > document that you can read on the official site and Aplt's master > thesis "Scalable Mesh Networks and The Address Space Balancing > Problem") > * document in detail any additional module and explain why it is needed. > > 4. implement better strategies (some new ideas) for the following > critical issues: > * initial hook of a node. > * splitting of a g-node. > * migration of an entire g-node while keeping in each node its > knowledge of routes inside the g-node. > * mechanism, during the migration of a g-node, to keep safe any > open TCP connection inside the g-node itself, because the graph does > not change inside. > * splitting of the network. > * merge two separate networks while keeping the knowledge of both > graphs already explored. > > 5. implement new features: > * mechanism for any node to request to be anonymized during the > forwarding of its packets to any destination; as a result of this, we > get the feasibility of a peer-to-peer service that makes "anonymous > servers" contactable. > > With reference to points 1 and 2, we wish to achieve these goals for > the following reasons: > A. Make possible automated and systematic testing of the functionality > of each module of the software. > B. Facilitate the insertion of new developers and allow the breakdown > of tasks and doing them in parallel. > > To achieve these objectives it is necessary to rewrite almost from > scratch most of the code. Yep, I am serious about that, but don't be > alarmed, I swear it will be shorter and more readable than now! > > I have already started this process. > > Soon I will publish the first design documents of the single modules. > Since those documents may require frequent changes during the > development of the software, I will write them in Italian. They will > be translated into English only if/when there is a > (non-italian-speaking) developer seriously determined to contribute to > the project. > For the moment the documents will be published in the wiki. > > --Luca _______________________________________________ Netsukuku mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/netsukuku
