[Yum-devel] zeroconf-like discovery of repos
seth vidal
skvidal at linux.duke.edu
Thu May 18 04:58:54 UTC 2006
On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 15:22 -0400, Bret McMillan wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-05-16 at 14:20 -0400, seth vidal wrote:
>
> > Useful? Maybe - but only to large enterprises where folks have some
> > control/influence over DNS
> >
> > It seems like something that would only be useful for a small subset of
> > folks, though. Why not implement it as a plugin as a proof of concept.
> > You could mangle the repositories before they're up using the prerepo
> > slot.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> avahai stuff seems interesting in 2 general ways to me:
>
> 1) corporate enterprise-y setting that has dns control, essentially
> named lookup of services: "What is the cannonical place for a
> predetermined set of content?"
>
> 2) mobile use case: misa & seth end up @ PyCON, seth has a bunch of
> damn useful rpms; how do you make it easy for misa to snag them? "What
> various content is available to me?"
>
> #1 would be cool and all for stuff like registration and/or mirroring,
> but I can't really think of much beyond that. My gut says #2 could
> prove a lot more interesting.
I'm not sure I follow how #2 could happen and be safe/secure at all.
-sv
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