Re: [freenet-dev] Project status update, and request for your help

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:03:14PM -0400, S M wrote:
> On 9/14/05, Matthew Toseland <toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 01:29:13PM -0400, S M wrote:
> > > *More support / communication for developers of applications for 
> > Freenet. As
> > > jrandom said about I2P/IP/TCP: "I2P by itself is pretty useless, but in 
> > the
> > > way IP by itself is pretty useless - who cares whether you can send 
> > packets
> > > on the internet if you don't have good applications to send them with? "
> > > Freenet is ok, but as much support as is possible should be given to 
> > people
> > > interesting in making applications that work with Freenet. You'll have 
> > to
> > > talk to the developers of these applications to see what their needs 
> > are,
> > > many are coming back so it can be a good time to ask them.
> > 
> > I'd like to talk to them. I am told that there is much going on on the
> > Frost boards, and we have seen some new apps e.g. pm4pigs, but people
> > seem to avoid talking directly to us for some reason.. probably this
> > would be helped by working freemail integrated into the lists, some sort
> > of CVS replacement that works over freenet, etc.
> 
> 
> If there was a freemail and CVS over Freenet that would be good. Anonymous 
> email (freemail) might be a killer application, like hushmail but even 
> better security.

We *have* freemail, it just happens to be written in python, and tends
to use 100% cpu for no good reason.
> 
> As for Frost not being included because of 'political' reasons, umm...ok. 
> 
> To the general users: It should be easy enough to 'route around' this kind 
> of crapola by having someone just make a package of Freenet applications 
> that many people would probably use (like an XAMPP package but instead of 
> PHP / MYSQL its Freenet stuff). Who ever is good with installers, this is 
> your calling <wink>. The 'someone' to do this could be me since the 
> applications generally do not seem to be being updated with much frequency 
> on Freenet if someone wants to help with the installer and making sure 
> everything compiles correctly.
> 
> SM
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Matthew J Toseland - toad-EI5O+8PHWbJeeLb3ft/[email protected]
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