I want to propose you some idea about distcc.
I use it with a network of 10 computer.
My problem is those PC are in dual-boot and i can't know when they are under linux or under windows without going to see the PC..
So i want to propose a distcc ressource center. No lot of modification but : Add one option to the distcc daemon: distccd --ressource=192.168.0.2 or distccd --ressource=bla.bla.com
The idea of this option is to inform the ressource center that he his avaibable for compiling. No more communication for the moment to the distcc ressource center : the daemon just dialog to the ressource center to inform that he became unaivalable when he die...
What about the ressource center ? He can show to the user which computer is available, on which machine.... other idea is to use the ressource center for : export DISTCC_HOSTS=`distccrc --all` where "distccrc --all" return all host.
But you can say this project can be totaly independant to distcc project. : my main idea is to add the --ressource option in distccd
Other option is to add a ping option in distccd protocol : each 30 minutes, the ressource center can ping registered client to known if they are online or dead. The work around is to launch the compilation of a dummy program on each host.
Remark ? Not usefull ?
Forjan Fr�d�ric.
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