[freenet-dev] alternative to #freenet-refs

[David Sowder (Zothar)]

If I were to write it, Python'd be a dependency until somebody wrote
either a Freenet plugin or a standalone Java program that did the same
thing.  I just mention pyFreenet because it's what I know.  Someone who
is more comfortable in Java could probably code this up just as quickly.

Florent Daignière wrote:
> * David Sowder (Zothar) <freenet-devl at david.sowder.com> [2007-11-07 18:29:01]:
>
>   
>> Perhaps we could write a plugin or separate program to grab the opennet
>> ref from the node, post it on this or some other pastebin, and provide
>> the user with the URL to trade.  I don't know about the plugin approach
>> nor a Java program, but I don't think it'd take me much to code this
>> with pyFreenet.
>>
>>     
>
> pyFreenet is great... but do we want python to be yetAnotherDependency ?
>
>   
>> Frédéric wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> A significant percentage of the new Freenet users doesn't understand
>>> the way to exchange refs through IRC. Some of them doesn't know how to
>>> use a pastebin and most of them who aren't registered at Freenode
>>> doesn't understand why their private messages never arrived.
>>> So, yes I think it's a good idea to provide our own exchange system.
>>>