On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 18:03:08 -0400 Michael Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> On Friday, 26 August 2005, at 11:19:54 (+0900), > Carsten Haitzler wrote: > > > It's trying to be friendly and read everything for you! :) seriously > > - e has its own dns lookup code because gethostbyname is a blocking > > call. this is actually only used if making remote connections, but > > it has to parse /etc/resolve.conf to know what to do. this means > > ecore_con is then capable of doing nslookups asynchronously - not > > holding the process hostage to waiting for a dns lookup timeout or > > reply. it always parses this data wehn starting up the connections > > subsystem (ecore_con) but it doesnt mean its making remote > > connections. > > This is a horrific hack. It doesn't even take into account nsswitch > settings. i know. we need to fix that. also need to respect host.conf and actually read /etc/hosts. yes there's work to be done. > There are numerous ASYNC DNS packages out there to be used. Why not > use one? we looked at 2 1. was gpl - thus license makes it useless 2. the other wasn't even included in debian's massive list of packages - that means users now have to go fine another lib they need and compile and install it - and we don't provide it. it was a tossup here, but i don't think any of us was that happy about sucking in an external build dep just for this simple thing, thus sebastien implemented dns lookups. he did the hard bit - reading the rfc's and doing the network protocol handling. the easy stuff is left to do :) > Michael > > -- > Michael Jennings (a.k.a. KainX) http://www.kainx.org/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > n + 1, Inc., http://www.nplus1.net/ Author, Eterm (www.eterm.org) > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to > pound in the correct screw." -- Unknown > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users > -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 裸好多 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tokyo, Japan (東京 日本) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ enlightenment-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-users
