Re: pg_service.conf

From: Douglas McNaught <doug(at)mcnaught(dot)org>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Mark Woodward" <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>, "Simon Riggs" <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "Martijn van Oosterhout" <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_service.conf
Date: 2006-02-19 16:12:15
Message-ID: 87zmkns4yo.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:

> Mark Woodward wrote:
>> Don't get me wrong, DNS, as it is designed, is PERFECT for the
>> distributed nature of the internet, but replication of fairly static
>> data under the control of a central authority (the admin) is better.
>
> What about this zeroconf/bonjour stuff? I'm not familiar with it, but
> it sounds like it could tie into this discussion.

That's a possibility, but I think it's hard to make it work outside a
single LAN (as in, it's not zero-conf anymore :) because it relies on
broadcasts.

-Doug

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