There is another problem with apt-zeroconf... it relies on Avahi. Avahi has lots of environments that it does not work in. In my office, the machines are not seeing each other. When we had a meeting at the Google (Sketchup) offices in Boulder, Avahi did not work correctly their either. I don't think its a bug in the software, but instead it has to do with the way the routers are set up.
Before turning on anything like that, you would need to insure that it would be reliable. That is why I proposed the "scan" technique. If the scan fails, either due to protocol issues or the fact that there is no server, it fails over to the old way. @Fabian: I agree with you to a point. Auto-detection can be problematic. But I suggest auto-detection like compiz auto-detects. If its not there, don't force it. Or even better yet... set up the always works version, but if I can reliably detect a better way, reconfigure to that better way by default. Decreasing bandwidth without having to remembering to configure every new client is one of those features that make good buzwords with IT managers. Canonical has made statements indicating that they want to go after the corporate desktop... this is exactly the type of feature that plays well with that demographic. -- Kevin Fries Senior Linux Engineer Computer and Communications Technology, Inc A Division of Japan Communications Inc. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
