From: "Zed A. Shaw" <zedshaw@...>
Date: 2005-06-29T10:00:32+09:00
Subject: Re: [Project Idea] RCM - A Ruby Configuration Management System

On Wed, 2005-06-29 at 05:45 +0900, Joel VanderWerf wrote:
> Michael Neumann wrote:
> > 
> >> * I'm working on the Linda distributed stuff so that I can include
> >> zero-config setup.
> >>
> Also, the use of Linda for zero config setup sounds interesting. Care to 
> elaborate a bit, or should we wait for the release?
> 

This is really rough, but I got a demo of it up and running.  Basically,
I have a small set of code that when it fires up uses Linda as kind of a
poor man's Bonjour/Rendevous.  The thought is that, rather than tell
FastCST where the repository for Joe is located, you just start it up
and Joe magically pops up as available.

This solves a major problem with your typical decentralized RCS.
Decentralized RCS systems are nice, but people eventually degenerate to
putting the code on a central system anyway so everyone can find them.
By having a "auto find/zero conf" system in FastCST you can basically
collaborate on the code without having to centralize anything.

At least,that's the idea.

Zed