On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 14:18, C. Scott Ananian <csc...@laptop.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Bernie Innocenti <ber...@laptop.org> wrote: >> Martin Langhoff wrote: >>> On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 6:39 PM, C. Scott Ananian <csc...@laptop.org> wrote: >>>> My suggestions: DNS-SD and libepc (http://live.gnome.org/libepc/). >>>> There's no need for Sugar-specific solutions here; we just need to use >>>> existing standard solutions. >>> >>> Yep - I want existing standard stuff, but the devil we know seems to >>> swamp the spectrum with 802.11s. >> >> When I read the Zeroconf book, I got the impression that the >> _standard_ was carefully designed to minimize needless broadcasts and >> scale well in real scenarios. I can't comment on the current Avahi >> _implementation_ though. > > This is true for wired networks; not necessarily true for mobile > and/or wireless networks. > > Like Martin, you are confusing mDNS with DNS-SD. > --scott
Also don't blame avahi for the fact that we send out updates every time you alt-tab between shared activities, so that your icon can jump to the appropriate snowflake on everyone else's Neighborhood Views... as well as sending who joined and left... Regards Morgan _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
