Stanley,Michael P. wrote: >>I've seen this DNS proposal, and I'm not keen on it at all. Being able >>to provide arbitrary DNS entries is a pretty high barrier to entry for >>someone trying to set up a repo (I'm happy enough editing zone files, >>but I know most sysadmins would be dead set against letting you do > this) > > This is not a good argument at all. Yes Joe Developer doesn't always > have sysadmin privalages within a domain, and doesn't always have access > to DNS entries. The capability exists, is commonly used by > organizations, and many sysadmins have no problem setting up DNS > aliases. This is all it is. > > I work for a mid size corporation and I would be able to get an alias > for this.
If we go the HTTP + XML way, anyone who is able to put a file onto their own domain's webserver is able to run their own maven repository. If we go the DNS SRV way, only those who can persuade the administrator of theri domain's DNS server to create funny entries is able to run a maven repository. I bet you that the second set is much much smaller. Think about all these SourceForge projects... R. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
