From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: zeroconf.el Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:15 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87skxxv5yl.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1207597126 6372 80.91.229.12 (7 Apr 2008 19:38:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 19:38:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 07 21:39:18 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JixBE-0002eQ-SN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:39:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JixAb-0005vz-NS for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JixAY-0005vt-4D for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:18 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JixAW-0005ve-Nh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JixAW-0005vb-IF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:16 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182] helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JixAW-00032k-HB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:16 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AjoFAH4U+kdMCpOw/2dsb2JhbACBXKk8 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,618,1199682000"; d="scan'208";a="18086900" Original-Received: from smtp.pppoe.ca (HELO smtp.teksavvy.com) ([65.39.196.238]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 07 Apr 2008 15:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: from pastel.home ([76.10.147.176]) by smtp.teksavvy.com (Internet Mail Server v1.0) with ESMTP id NXT81415; Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 8B08B8568; Mon, 7 Apr 2008 15:38:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87skxxv5yl.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:08:02 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:94617 Archived-At: > I've written a small package zeroconf.el, which offers an interface to > service discovery as specified by zeroconf[1,2]. The communication to > the Avahi daemon[3], the zeroconf implementation for GNU/Linux (and > other systems), is based on D-Bus signals. > As demonstration of this feature, I've written few lines of example > code, which updates dynamically the "Postscript Printer" menu as local > or network printers appear or disappear. This code could go into > ps-samp.el. Sounds good. Do we know that this list of "printers available on the network" has any relationship to the list of printers that `lpr' (or `lp') will accept? > Another feature of zeroconf.el is publishing of own service. But I would > regard as an inferior feature. > Any objections to install this in the trunk? Feel free to install it under lisp/net/ Stefan