Hi all.
Money: I'm not into the details of how often toad get's paid or how much money is usually raised on a average month, but it would seem that the project has some extra money currently. If it is just a result of people being in a happy christmas mood, ofcourse those money should be saved for the summertime (or when ever), but if it is a result of the project making/getting a bit more money than it takes to pay toad maby they should be put to use? Maby starting a bounty system for those things that toad can't fix easily would make things run more smoothly (i can't help wonder if the win-installer issues would have been fixed faster if toad, besides saying that it should be fixed asap also had promised xx$ to the first person to fix it?). Ofcourse such a bounty system should be more organised (who pays the money, who is the judge of when a problem is solved etc.) But i think it might have it's strength in windows and mac specific problems that toad can't fix, and maby also in other problems that i as a non coder don't really understand. Or, if the money is there, a second (part time) coder would be possible? I'm just throwing it out there. I have no insight into the echonomy of the project besides what can be read off the web page. Snapshots mirrors: When someone in the irc channel asks for a .ref file or similar and they can't connect to freenet.org (for various reasons - censor or hosting problems), i would like to have one (or more) unofficial mirrors to point them to. Since i'm trying to remain semi anonymous i will not send them to http://my-ip.dk/snapshots-mirror/. So if someone would mirror these files and put a list of mirrors out (on the wiki or in the channel topic or where ever), i think that would be a great help for some (comming) freenet users. Project progress: With toad (and friends?) working mainly on the simulations and few new builds comming out it is hard for the average user, who dosn't folow the conversations in the irc channel to see if anything is happening or we have all gone home and left the project for dead. I think it might be good for morale, feeling of comunity etc. if toad (or someone else?) once in a while posted a little info of what is going on, to one of the mail lists. I know it is hard to translate the numbers and graphs of the simulations to somthing that we all (coders and non-coders alike) will understand, and i'm not asking for a 10 page scientific paper, but just a confirmation that somthing is happening. (Yes, i know that toad is hired as a coder, not a journalist, but i really think it would be good for keeping people around.) Have fun! -- Sonax [EMAIL PROTECTED] Concerned about your privacy? Follow this link to get secure FREE email: http://www.hushmail.com/?l=2 Free, ultra-private instant messaging with Hush Messenger http://www.hushmail.com/services-messenger?l=434 Promote security and make money with the Hushmail Affiliate Program: http://www.hushmail.com/about-affiliate?l=427 _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://dodo.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
