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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    Re: KDE/kdenetwork/kdnssd/ioslave
From:       Kevin Ottens <ervin () kde ! org>
Date:       2011-04-29 12:56:08
Message-ID: 201104291456.33270.ervin () kde ! org
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On Thursday 28 April 2011 23:45:04 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> So far the zeroconf:/ kio-slave had been restricted to list only
> filesystem- like services by Jakub, as that integrated ideally with the
> filesystem-centric idea of Konqueror/Dolphin. Not sure also listing plasma
> remote widget now really fits here.

Ah right! Good point! I reverted my changes this morning.
 
> But than is the protocol name "zeroconf" quite misleading, one would expect
> to see all detected zeroconf services listed by it, not just the
> filesystem-like ones. Which is why I started with the network:/ kio-slave
> (which btw already lists plasma remote widgets, but in a device-centric
> way, not service- centric), though I also tried to hide the technical
> detail of the actual service discovery technology there and merge DNSSD,
> UPnP (and SLP, but that seems dead).

Ah right, I don't know why I overlooked network:/. So I implemented a couple 
of changes I needed, now it supports declaring an icon field for services, and 
I adjusted the forged plasma:/ URL to be aligned with the URLs we use 
internally for remote widgets.

> We really one day should see to make the mess of the half-working remote:/,
> network:/ and zeroconf:/ kioslaves an end, add to this the places and
> bookmarks stuff and else.

Agreed!

> Will you be at Akademy/Desktop Summit in Berlin? We ought to do a session
> on this!

Yes, I'll be there, so: Deal!

Regards.
-- 
Kévin Ottens, http://ervin.ipsquad.net

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