Removing the current implementation is fine, I see no problems with that, aslong as theres enough documents to be able to recreate it from spec. On 08/04/2016 2:22 AM, "Yuri Z" <vega...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I cannot agree more, Wave is about federation. But, the current > implementation is broken, hard to fix and never worked fine. We need to > think about better implementation. And there's no point to keep current > broken implementation that can't work. > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:55 PM Dave Ball <w...@glark.co.uk> wrote: > > > I only exist in the peanut gallery, but this reflects my feelings too. > > Wave isn't wave without federation... I wish I had the time to help :-( > > > > Dave > > > > On 07/04/16 16:42, Thomas Wrobel wrote: > > > I'm not sure there's any point in wave without federation frankly. > > > I supported wave because I didn't want the net turning into "facebook > > > protocols" and "google protocols" etc. We need new emails. Protocols > > > that allow people on different servers to communicate, not protocols > > > trying to get everyone on the same companies server. > > > I still fear a future of incompatibility. Of people having to be on > > > server X because their friends are all on server X (and thus server X > > > has no incentive to ever get better). Email is getting increasingly > > > dated, and there's not much else federated out there even today. As > > > the web grows into real-space applications, there will be probably > > > even greater need for open communications standards. > > > While the comparison of email interface wise might have harmed wave > > > somewhat from a user expectation standpoint, I do think the same needs > > > are there - a new federated, open, protocol to deal with today's web. > > > - sigh - > > > -- > > > http://lostagain.nl <-- our company site. > > > http://fanficmaker.com <-- our, really,really, bad story generator. > > > > > > > > > On 7 April 2016 at 17:25, Yuri Z <vega...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Hi > > >> Currently the federation is broken and requires a significant effort > to > > >> fix. Moreover, it never worked perfectly and always was a kind of > Proof > > Of > > >> Concept version. I doubt we can improve the current implementation to > be > > >> something stable. > > >> Therefore I suggest to remove from Wave source all code and > dependencies > > >> related to Federation. > > >> Thoughts? > > > > >
