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From: Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:16:13
Message-Id: 1364854563.4063.1.camel@kanae
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi by "Andreas K. Huettel"
1 Le lundi 01 avril 2013 à 23:58 +0200, Andreas K. Huettel a écrit :
2 >
3 > Hi everyone,
4 >
5 > first of all, I'm not really an expert in this stuff, so feel free to tell me
6 > about any mis-assumptions...
7 >
8 > As far as I can see, we have two global useflags:
9 > avahi - Add avahi/Zeroconf support
10 > zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
11 >
12 > "Zeroconf" describes a service autodiscovery and autoconfiguration standard,
13 > see [1]. Avahi is the implementation of that standard which we have in the
14 > portage tree [2]. Other implementations are mDNSResponder (which was in the
15 > tree some time ago but got kicked out) and Apple's Bonjour (which never was in
16 > the tree and probably never will be).
17 >
18 > I would like to suggest unifying use-flag usage, and use "zeroconf" anywhere.
19 >
20 > Opinions?
21
22 I thought this discussion was over last time it came around.
23
24 iirc the conclusion was what you wrote, use zeroconf unless there is a
25 special reason (none afaik in tree).
26
27 --
28 Gilles Dartiguelongue <eva@g.o>
29 Gentoo

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Global useflags zeroconf and avahi "Andreas K. Huettel" <dilfridge@g.o>