perfsonar development work

[Nicolas Simar <>]

Chris Welti wrote:
> 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)

I share Chris' question: what are CLS?

Nicolas

> 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.

--
Nicolas
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