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Hi everyone, |
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first of all, I'm not really an expert in this stuff, so feel free to tell me |
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about any mis-assumptions... |
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As far as I can see, we have two global useflags: |
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avahi - Add avahi/Zeroconf support |
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zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD) |
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"Zeroconf" describes a service autodiscovery and autoconfiguration standard, |
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see [1]. Avahi is the implementation of that standard which we have in the |
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portage tree [2]. Other implementations are mDNSResponder (which was in the |
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tree some time ago but got kicked out) and Apple's Bonjour (which never was in |
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the tree and probably never will be). |
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I would like to suggest unifying use-flag usage, and use "zeroconf" anywhere. |
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Opinions? |
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Cheers, |
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Andreas |
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[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_configuration_networking |
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[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avahi_%28software%29 |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |