On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Tom Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It might not. This may well be another requirement that mandates at > least some client/server capability Yeah, I can see where Tom's original requirement doesn't automatically mean remote display/network extensible. I do think, though, that the requirements seem to head toward a rather heavy backend (GIS extended database, etc) in light of some of the hardware we currently use/would like to use (e.g. old laptops, Nokia palmtops, UMPC). That would lead me to think that network connectivity between the client and daemon would be desirable to the point of becoming a requirement. My heavy backend assumption is based on a single database, and not the scenario of multiple database support (e.g. BDB isn't as heavy as PostGIS). Bah, I'm babbling. Maybe I should say it this way: I see network connectivity between client and server as a reasonable way to satisfy the multiple display requirement, with the (IMO huge) bonus of non-localhost network connectivity. In order to get the development effort started (by reducing the requirements such that the end can be seen from here) I can also see the usefulness of eliminating network connectivity. I see the usefulness of a requirement to support lightweight hardware, e.g. old/slow computers, UMPC, palmtops (and NDS, PSP, GP2X :) If the single heavy database model is chosen, client/server network connectivity would seem to satisfy such a requirement. -Jason kg4wsv _______________________________________________ Xastir-dev mailing list Xastir-dev@xastir.org http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir-dev
