[haiku-development] Re: GSoC: Implement ZeroConf/Bonjour support

Helo Ma Jie!

On 2009-03-31 at 09:45:36 [+0200], Ma Jie <china.majie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My name is Ma Jie and I'm a senior student from China. I have some 
> developing experiences on Haiku, which I learned when I was working on 
> the poorman server.
> 
> I would like to take up the ZeroConf idea as my gsoc project. I made a 
> quick comparison between mDNSResponder (Bonjour) and Avahi. I find 
> mDNSResponder may be better than Avahi. So my project will be:
> 
> 1. porting mDNSResponder to haiku.
> 2. a mDNSResponder configuration preflet, which can be integrated into
> the network preflet in the future.
> 3. a services browser and notifier, which may be integrated into the 
> Deskbar.
> 
> If the above goals is not enough to work in three months, the addition 
> will be "4. making PoorMan server utilize the zeroconf network." This 
> also can be a demonstration to other haiku services on how to use the 
> zeroconf network.
> 
> I'm waiting for your comments. Thanks.

Sounds excellent! In your application, you could elaborate on the "porting 
mDNSResponder to Haiku" point a little bit more, maybe show in which areas 
you expect some possible difficulties, perhaps you can break this point 
down a little more. Maybe also mention why you think mDNSResponder is 
better suited than Avahi. Since you already worked on Poorman, obviously 
you don't need to pick a ticket for fixing. :-) I am looking forward to 
your application!

Best regards,
-Stephan

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