[Blocks-development] Doh!

[Blat F. <pet...@ho...>]

Hi,

well I thought it was getting a bit quieter on the email front...
I didnt realise that I actually had to *join* the mailing list
after I set it up! But Im here now :-)

Ive had a quick look through the archive and heres some brief
comments :-

1) We need that ability to upload multiple files.

    Agreed. I also need to fix the problem that everything stops
    while a file is uploaded. Another possibility is a(possibly         
command line based) injection tool for injecting content into
    servers.

2) Sticky local files.

   Seems so obvious I wonder why I never thought of it. I dont
   want to have too much complexity on the cache maintenance side
   if I can avoid it, but adding a sticky bit is a possibility.

3) Should we readvertise proxied files?

   Well it does at the moment. If you switch off 'readvertise files'
   people cant connect and browse your cache anyway. 'Deniablilty'
   is always there since you didnt upload these files anyway...
   its the same problem if you were to run a public HTTP Proxy
   (Squid or whatever). Routes do get 'unadvertised' when a
   connection is broken so content may become inaccssible.
   I could add another option covering this but would it really be
   useful?

4) Authentication and Ratings

   Im quite interested in crypto, and a rating system is an
   interesting idea. However, I dont want to increase the size
   of File Adverts by including public keys, descriptions, and
   so on. Now, if there were a seperate system (maybe even
   web based) that Blocks could access information from
   using the file ID (hash sent with ad) that would be a very
   different story. Another possible future option would be
   to seperate out the server code and build something like
   a library (maybe even ActiveX control) to allow much more
   complex custom front ends (you might have noticed they
   arent really my speciality) that allow extended functionality.

5) Logos

   The 2 Logos on the web page are the winners. These are now
   the Blocks logos for the foreseeable future.

6) IRC

   As long as Flaggovic hold #blocks open on DALNet I'll
   keep it listed. I may change the order to list EFNet first
   if its more popular.

Apologies if I missed any important threads.

ttfn

PG.

PS Im glad the list isnt full of bug reports! :)

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