Re: pg_service.conf - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Douglas McNaught
Subject Re: pg_service.conf
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Msg-id 87zmkns4yo.fsf@suzuka.mcnaught.org
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In response to Re: pg_service.conf  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.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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