After months of work we have finally decided that the Next Generation
Routing code is ready for wider testing and have thus merged it into
the stable build of Freenet.
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
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