Re: [Social-discuss] On the architecture of a GNU Social node

[Sean Corbett]

> I just posted this on libreplanet - it outlines in a more specific way
> how I think GNU Social nodes should be built.
>
> <http://groups.fsf.org/wiki/User:Teddks/Social>
>    
I definitely agree with the high level design presented in this 
document. This is basically what Ian and I envisioned when we've sat 
around, shooting the shit and thinking about how we'd implement GNU 
Social. I especially like the idea of UI transports; the use of core 
transports and UI transports solve many of the disagreements on 
implementation that constitute much of the mailing list's activity over 
the past few months. Thanks for writing this document out; it's good to 
see a clear, solid idea of how the node should be designed. A lack of a 
document like this (and a starting-off point from which to get some code 
written) was why we had the meeting last Wednesday in the first place.

Speaking of the meeting, I'm sorry there wasn't nearly enough "coverage" 
as there probably should have been. I'm also sorry if we gave the 
impression of trying to form some elitist group of developers near 
Boston who would make decisions for the whole community. All I really 
wanted was some clarity as to where to start with the project, because I 
saw the list starting to stagnate and I felt like I should do 
*something.* I agree that in the future, meetings should take place 
through IRC, especially given the amount of hackers that aren't even in 
the U.S.

--sean corbett