[darcs-users] P2P repository

[Max Battcher]

Thiago Arrais wrote:
> I would agree that on a LAN scenario the centralized architecture
> would be much easier to set up, manage and even more efficient. The
> main concern here wouldn't be usage over a LAN (although it is
> obviously possible to do), but over worse-connected hosts through the
> Internet, like the other ones you cited (DSL and the likes).
> 
> This is actually a reality at my place. People can pay for a DSL or
> cable connection, greater bandwidth connections prices are
> prohibitive.

One of the things I had played around with but never completed was using 
Jabber (Open-Source XML-based Instant Messaging) for darcs 
communications.  The design plan was to create a simple Jabber "bot" 
that would communicate with your local repositories and a simple Jabber 
client that could talk to others' repository bots (and would also 
provide the overloading for $DARCS_APPLY_JABBER).

Once that was complete it would be cool to see plugins written for 
Jabber clients to present a GUI view.

I think that IM is a good model of how a distributed project (such as 
you seem to be describing, Thiago) would work: push/pull from 
"somebody at example.com's thisProject repository".  The workflow would 
work pretty well coupled as well, since you would probably be using IM 
to coordinate design efforts anyway.

Sadly I don't have much in the way of completed code to show, just yet, 
as classes keep me busy enough...

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