Oh no we won't give in, let's go living in the past. A future that severs all connections with the past and present is no future at all. It's just a fantasy.
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 13:44, Ortwin Regel wrote: > It's not suicide, it's progression. The people who accept it will > enjoy the new, better freenet, those who don't will continue to live > in the past until they can be persuaded. Persuaded how exactly? Are there guillotines involved? > > On 21 Aug 2006 13:18:13 -0400, Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > This is the sort of thing that happens when you break backward > compatibility and/or interoperability. You throw away all the > user base > and goodwill you've built up over the years. THAT'S suicide. > > On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 11:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "Anyway, I won't argue on that because the decision is not > in my hands. > > The fact is that 0.7 is the only supported version and that > it is the > > future. Not linking to the current version and gripping to > the old one > > would be an interesting kind of suicide for a project that's > a constant > > work-in-progress..." > > > > Suicide? So the fact that gaim has 1.5 in their downloads > section when > > they have 2.0 beta 3 out is suicide? The fact that some > Linux distros > > still use the 2.4 kernel is suicide? Funny how they're all > still here > > and quite popular.... > > Linking to 0.7 is suicide. New people come, download it, > find there's > > nothing there, and leave. And don't try again later. I > understand that > > there are good reasons behind developing the darknet....but > for most > > users looking at freenet, they're looking for an opennet. > And they're > > looking for a network up and running. They're not expecting > something > > that's just barely starting. > > > > On 8/21/06, Julien Cornuwel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > > > > > > .7 has very few users, very little content, and no > opennet. > > > > It's useless for new users. > > > > > > > > > I'm not sure stopping linking it on the website would help > it have more > > > users. About content, I see new freesites apearing quite > the same rythm > > > as on 0.5 so it's just a matter of time for 0.7 to have as > much content > > > as 0.5. > > > > > > > And the security that you say is better has yet to be > tested. I > > > > > > > > > Where did I say that ? In "the same security level." ? > > > AFAIK, "the same" is not equal to "better". Maybe I'm > wrong. > > > > > > > wouldn't bet on something that's only been around for a > few months vs. > > > > something that's been slowly improving for...well, > longer than I've > > > > known freenet. > > > > > > > > > Anyway, I won't argue on that because the decision is not > in my hands. > > > The fact is that 0.7 is the only supported version and > that it is the > > > future. Not linking to the current version and gripping to > the old one > > > would be an interesting kind of suicide for a project > that's a constant > > > work-in-progress... > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Support mailing list > > > Support@freenetproject.org > > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > > > Unsubscribe at > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > > > Or > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > My skills and contact info: http://www.blcss.com/contactme.php > Public Freenet gateway: http://blcss.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl > > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Support mailing list > Support@freenetproject.org > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support > Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support > Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- My skills and contact info: http://www.blcss.com/contactme.php Public Freenet gateway: http://blcss.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
