Re: [Fresco-devel] Server-resolution/publishing algorithms and proposal

On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 17:15, Neil Pilgrim wrote:
> With the completion of bug80, server resolution and publishing is
> hopefully simpler and cleaner. I shouldn't really comment on the current
> state since I did most of the refactoring ;) However I'm going to
> comment on how we could improve it further (IMO) :)

I don't usually comment much on goings on here anymore, but this is an
issue I remember having a suggestion for: forget about IORs and name
service. use an environment variable and make it just a tcp/ip
"host:port" pair. when you connect to that port, it tells the client
whatever else the client needs to know (eg. an IOR for the server root,
or whatever). the win is in usability: users can get the thing working
sensibly without dicking around copying huge IOR strings or setting up
name servers. the only loss is the client library needs a tiny bit more
logic.

-graydon