> Okay, so this is more in the area of FreeMule? Certainly yet another > queue manager isn't that interesting, because they don't have to do that > much work in 0.7. > Yes, we can roughly say that's a kind of Freemule ...
> I think it's interesting... One possible problem is it's quite close to > traditional filesharing. > Clearly, we won't be able to prevent users to do copyright infringements, but as Ian Clarke said, the most important point is to not specifically design it for that use. That's why, besides, I don't really like "Freemule" name ... it sounds too much "traditional file-sharing" ... (even if the job would be nearly the same). > On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 01:59:55AM +0200, Jerome Flesch wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > Please find below the Summer of Code project proposal I've submit to > > Google: > > > > > > Project proposal > > ---------------- > > > > The main goal of this project would be the creation of a tool giving to > > Freenet users the possibility to easily upload and download files on the > > network. > > > > > > 1) Tools already existing > > > > At the moment, there are 3 main tools allowing users to do a such task: > > > > - Fuqid : The major drawback of this tool is that he works only under > > Microsoft Windows. Some users use it under GNU/Linux thanks to Wine, but > > that's not a real solution. > > > > - Frost : Frost is a kind of Newsreader for Freenet, but, as Usenet > > newsreaders, he allows also to share files. The point is that it's not > > his main goal and some users on #freenet-fr reported me problems when > > trying to upload large files with him. > > > > - Fuqt : A Qt-based Fuqid clone. Latest version doesn't compile with gcc > > 4, and pre-built binary doesn't seem to work on all systems (by example > > amd64). > > > > > > > > 2) My proposition > > > > Instead of making just a Fuqid / Fuqt clone, we can imagine a more useful > > program: The idea would be to enable users to quickly and easily index > > their files. One possibility would be to create an kind of indexes > > specific to this new program. One other would be to use already existing > > indexes as, for example, Frost boards. > > > > > > 3) Technical aspect > > > > Fuqid and Fuqt have both an portability problem. To avoid this, the best > > solution would be to use Java and Swing. Communication between program > > and node would be made by FCP (maybe reusing of jSite classes ?). To > > access and manage indexes, as suggested by David Roden [1], an plugins > > system would be a solution (one plugin by kind of indexes). > > > > > > 4) Specific constraints > > > > This program will have to take care about the fact that a lot of people > > will run it on a different machine than the one being the node. It > > implies two things : Allow, by a configuration file, to use an different > > node than 127.0.0.1 but also to be careful about some network slowness > > that may happen (In my case, currently, the node is even on a different > > Internet connection than my personal computer). > > > > > > 5) Indexes mechanism specific to this program > > > > After discussion with Florent Daigni?re, it appears that the best > > solution to avoid excessively heavy indexes is to sort them by > > categories. We can sort them by an hierarchical way : Each index will > > index files but also child indexes. > > > > > > > > Brief biography > > --------------- > > > > I'm 20 years old french. I'm currently studying software engineering at > > the UTBM, Universit? de Technologique de Belfort-Montb?liard (French > > University). I've already obtained a two-years technical degree (DUT) in > > Telecommunications and Networking. > > > > During my DUT final training period which was at IrES (Subatomic Research > > Institute of Strasbourg, France), I had to work with various Java > > technologies, like Struts, OJB, Tomcat, etc. > > > > Thanks to some university projects, I have already a good knowledge of > > Swing graphical interfaces [2]. > > > > Until now, my only participations to the Open Source movement was to > > write some articles about GrSecurity patch and Prelude Intrusion > > Detector. It's why, with the Google Summer of Code, I've seen a good > > opportunity to integrate an Open Source project as Freenet. > > > > Until 1st July, I will have different exams and projects to return, so my > > availability may vary, but I will try to do my best to keep time for this > > project. After 1st July, I will be able to dedicate my whole time to this > > project. > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > -- > > Jerome Flesch. > > > > -- > > [1] > > > > http://archives.freenetproject.org/message/20060504.164033.3c90cb65.en.ht > >ml > > > > [2] http://jflesch.kwain.net/articles/90.php : One of my Java university > > project : A train / bus / subway / tramway network simulator. -- Jerome Flesch.
