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From: "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: scarabeus@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 21:59:23
Message-Id: 201304012359.03703.dilfridge@gentoo.org
1 Hi everyone,
2
3 first of all, I'm not really an expert in this stuff, so feel free to tell me
4 about any mis-assumptions...
5
6 As far as I can see, we have two global useflags:
7 avahi - Add avahi/Zeroconf support
8 zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
9
10 "Zeroconf" describes a service autodiscovery and autoconfiguration standard,
11 see [1]. Avahi is the implementation of that standard which we have in the
12 portage tree [2]. Other implementations are mDNSResponder (which was in the
13 tree some time ago but got kicked out) and Apple's Bonjour (which never was in
14 the tree and probably never will be).
15
16 I would like to suggest unifying use-flag usage, and use "zeroconf" anywhere.
17
18 Opinions?
19
20 Cheers,
21 Andreas
22
23
24 [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_configuration_networking
25 [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avahi_%28software%29
26
27 --
28
29 Andreas K. Huettel
30 Gentoo Linux developer
31 dilfridge@g.o
32 http://www.akhuettel.de/

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi "Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn" <chithanh@g.o>