perfsonar development work

[Chris Welti <>]

Completely agreed of course.
What's the progress with DLS anyway?
We could also use CLS for starters until the DLS comes alive.
(One LS that everyone registers its services into)

Chris

Joe Metzger wrote:
> Hi,
> I think we need to be clear if we are talking about the current partial
> implementation of the framework, or the design goals.
> 
> Right now static URL names are a good thing that will lead to stability,
> and improved diagnostic capability.
> 
> As soon as we have a stable DLS deployed, then I think we need to make
> a clean break with the idea of services at static URLs. We will need to
> force applications to properly use the DLS, so that we can reap
> the benefits of a dynamic architecture.
> 
> --Joe
> 
> 
> On Oct 15, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Chris Welti wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I agree with David, Andreas & Nina, there should be only one stable
>> URL name be used for each service.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Andreas Hanemann wrote:
>>> Hi Nicolas,
>>>
>>> David and I share the opinion of Nina and would prefer that the URL does
>>> not contain a version and is therefore more stable. Otherwise, it may be
>>> unclear if the service has been updated or is unavailable.
>>>
>>> Nicolas Simar schrieb:
>>>> Hi Loukik, Michalis
>>>>
>>>> Can you tell about the rationale for having the release version name?
>>>>
>>>> Hi Nina and Andreas,
>>>>
>>>> Would you prefer to limit the URL changes of the web-services or do
>>>> you prefer to have the product version in the URL?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Nicolas
>>>>
>>>> Maciej Glowiak wrote:
>>>>> Nicolas Simar wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> looking at the web-services names
>>>>>> http://rrd-ma.perfsonar.xxx:8080/perfSONAR-RRD-MA-2.2/services/MeasurementArchiveService
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I see there is a part mentioning the service version(2.2). Is there a
>>>>>> particular benefit of seeing the service version?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am wondering about this, because when the service will be updated,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> version will be updated and the tools won't be able to access it
>>>>>> until
>>>>>> they are updated.
>>>>>> It this statement correct?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Nicolas,
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIR it was a requirement from Release Mgmt. Team for perfSONAR 2.0.
>>>>> You should contact Loukik or Luis in order to get more information
>>>>> about
>>>>> the reason for using version number.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyway, Ilias and Roman are right - that's default name (contaning
>>>>> version number) and everybody can change it after the installation.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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