Le lundi 01 avril 2013 à 23:58 +0200, Andreas K. Huettel a écrit :
> 
> Hi everyone, 
> 
> first of all, I'm not really an expert in this stuff, so feel free to tell me 
> about any mis-assumptions...
> 
> As far as I can see, we have two global useflags:
> avahi - Add avahi/Zeroconf support
> zeroconf - Support for DNS Service Discovery (DNS-SD)
> 
> "Zeroconf" describes a service autodiscovery and autoconfiguration standard, 
> see [1]. Avahi is the implementation of that standard which we have in the 
> portage tree [2]. Other implementations are mDNSResponder (which was in the 
> tree some time ago but got kicked out) and Apple's Bonjour (which never was 
> in 
> the tree and probably never will be).
> 
> I would like to suggest unifying use-flag usage, and use "zeroconf" anywhere.
> 
> Opinions?

I thought this discussion was over last time it came around.

iirc the conclusion was what you wrote, use zeroconf unless there is a
special reason (none afaik in tree).

-- 
Gilles Dartiguelongue <[email protected]>
Gentoo

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