Re: [DotGNU]This Week on the DotGNU mailing list - 8

[Gopal.V]

Hi,
> b) A Java front-end for the Portable.NET compiler (to be
>    implemented in C).  (Bradley, you expressed interest in
>    this... are you able to take this on, or is the FSF keeping
>    you too busy?)
        What do you mean by this ? . A Java plugin to cscc ?
> c) A webservice-based application that will become popular
>    quickly.  A file-sharing app (like I proposed recently)
>    would be a good choice IMHO.  
        I would like to clarify a few doubts here. What is the 
actual specifications of the file-sharing app.

        - should it be P2P ?
        
        - anonymity vs Identity ?
       +---Gnutella   |
       `---Freenet    `----uServ
           
        - locator specified like uServ ?
                `---eg the ``gopal.<somewhere>.<something>'' locator
                
        - name searchable like Gnutella/Freenet ?
                `---eg look for a shared file with name ``GNU''
                
        - How content replication should take place 
                +-- Freenet & uServ does this automagically
        |     |         `-- ?
        |     `--cache mode replication
                `- Gnutella does not have this feature
                
        - Reliability of Service
        +--Gnutella    
        |   ``GOOD''
        +--Freenet   
        |   ``SACRIFICED FOR ANONYMITY''
        `--uServ    
            ``????''
            
    - Who provides the first static peer ?
    
    - What happens to the app if uServ is GPL'd ? ;)
    
    In the end I would like to mention that I myself am confused about 
the features needed. The above ``diagram'' was a hash of ideas about how
the existing ideas in file-sharing & a bit of my own. As far as I could 
see we need a fork of Freenet code excluding the anonymity part.

Gopal.V
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