Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > Hey Guys, > 3) Gerard has already demonstrated the simplicity of establishing a > connection. At this point I feel it should be decided exactly *what* > will be communicated, and in what format. I'm also getting strongly the > impression that XML is not well liked (at least not for LFS profiles), > so we can look at other formats, perhaps shell snippets to send. Once we > have determined *what* will be sent, we can then finish designing how > exactly the server will listen and handle the *what* that's been sent. > > All of this could be done in plain text, or in a very simple XML format > that describes commands for the daemon, but the actual LFS execution > commands are always in shell script or plain text. >
Generally agreed. The most interesting (read hard) issues IMO are what will be communicated, the language/framework in which to write profiles and where will the profiles be stored, in the client, the server, or both. Thanks for the summary! Pantelis ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.freemail.gr - äùñåÜí õðçñåóßá çëåêôñïíéêïý ôá÷õäñïìåßïõ. http://www.freemail.gr - free email service for the Greek-speaking. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/alfs-discuss FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
