There were good reasons, and we will try not to do it again before 1.0. On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 01:18:13PM -0400, Rowland 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] >
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