It would be nice to, also, have the ability to also point it at a JSON file over HTTP:
* other web services could easily pull the data * it's easier, in my opinion, to throw some JSON up on a webserver than maintain TXT records on a DNS server * python has built-in libraries to do this -Jeremy On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Jerry Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Jun 2, 2010, at 11:08 PM, Tom Davis wrote: > >>> IMHO I think it would be awesome to not have another dependency and make a >>> really specialized DNS TXT lookup module. >>> >>> But I suppose I should back that up with a patch first! >>> >>> Jerry >> >> Forgive me, but what is the big issue with dependencies? Why spend valuable >> time writing and debugging a DNS module when dependencies don't effect the >> way 99% of people would install the libcloud package? Even after the drawn >> out anti-zope.interface argument, I still don't get it. If a module is >> well-tested, stable, and available via the cheese shop, there's no downside >> to using it (from my perspective, anyway). > > Indeed, I took a look at implementing TXT lookups and it's non-trivial. > > As for Zope, it didn't seem like it was bringing much value. > > Jerry
