Next Generation Routing or NGR represents a MAJOR change to the way freenet searches for data, while still preserving the underlying principles of its operation. For example, Freenet now considers actual network latency and bandwidth while making its routing decisions, while also considering many other factors including reliability and the load imposed on other nodes in the Freenet network. We believe these advances help to keep Freenet on the cutting-edge of P2P research while also providing our users with a useful if far-from complete piece of software. To learn more about this see:
http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=ngrouting
NGR is far from being the only improvement. We have continued to migrate Freenet over to Java's new non-blocking IO API. We have made major changes to Freenet's handling of connections to other nodes, added many new diagnostics and configuration options, fixed many bugs.
We believe that this new build will be a great improvement on build 5028 and we urge all users to upgrade, while cautioning that it is unlikely to be without bugs.
As always, while many have generously donated their time and considerable expertise to these advances, they would not have been possible without the dedication and hard work of Freenet's grossly underpaid full-time developer, Matthew Toseland. Please help us continue to grossly underpay him by making a donation to the project at:
http://freenetproject.org/index.php?page=donations
Lastly, please note that this is not a formal release of a new Freenet version and it is absolutely NOT Freenet 0.6! Since this code is still rather new, we do not want the publicity that normally accompanies such a release. Please respect our wishes by not submitting this news to high-traffic websites - we need to save that publicity for the 0.6 release which we are now working toward.
Kind regards,
Ian Clarke Freenet Project Coordinator
_______________________________________________ Support mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support
