On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 18:28, Nick Chalko wrote: > Stephen McConnell wrote: > > > > > Sure - and I think HTTP protocol support is fundamental. With the > > Avalon stuff we are using HTTP today but we making sure that the > > repository SPI enables selection of alternative repository protocols > > so that we put a lot more intelligence into the backend/client > > relationship. For example - things we want to be able to do is post a > > query and get back a serialized deployment descriptor. For these sort > > of applications one should look beyond HTTP. > >
Again this is entirely out of scope and far too complicated for a simple repository. > I strongly disagree, HTTP is perhaps the only protocol you can count on > being widely available behind firewalls etc. > Now REST or SOAP or whatever is a seperate matter. But HTTP thw best > way to build a lously coupled system like this. Well, I wouldn't call it a lousy system :-) But I agree that HTTP is really the only protocol that needs to be dealt with. Again, if someone wants to create an augmented system by replicated a file system store accessible via HTTP to an object store there is nothing stopping you. Sophisticated systems can be predicated on simplicity. -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org In short, man creates for himself a new religion of a rational and technical order to justify his work and to be justified in it. -- Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society
