Aaron Stone wrote:
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 12:01 -0800, Dustin Sallings wrote:
On Mar 1, 2008, at 11:49, Aaron Stone wrote:
Let's start identifying the blockers and the nice-to-haves. If we thing
we're going to have problems with different protocol rules between
binary and text such that cohabiting on the same port causes brain
damage and hackery to spread between the two, it is a killer. We have to
block on figuring out what goes on the same port and what doesn't.
[ And while I +1'd the email yesterday about how we should be able to
handle binary and text commands on the same port, today's discussion
makes me realize that it's a very bad idea. We should be able to do both
TCP and UDP on the same ports as their respective text/binary, though? ]
Why do you think it is a bad idea?
If the ports are separate, you need different connections to talk text
and binary. If the port is the same, auto-discovery may still enforce
you to use different connections.
Roy
