[Opensim-dev] so many dll's, so little time

[Michael Wright]

yeah as far as I know, both xml-rpc libraries are managed libraries (ie .net dlls), so see no problem with using one of them. I'm certainly against us writing our own xml-rpc handler code, even just for that one login method. I know libsl went down  that route, and used the .net xml features to do there own handler and I don't think it worked out well. 

So I'm against rewriting the wheel.  And say that we stick with using a xml-rpc library.

Sean Dague <sean at dague.net> wrote: On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 04:33:20PM +0200, Tleiades Hax wrote:
> >
> > Also we will still need to use XML-RPC for login, as thats what the client
> > uses.
> >
> 
> I agree that a HTTP may be too slow for inter region, physics and script
> comms, and also agree on the REST for the rest (pun sort of intended), but
> ... to my knowledge we will - eventually - only need one method which
> supports XML-RPC, namely the login message, method used by the viewer.

Hopefully, that too will become REST based on the AWG work.  Though
thats a bunch of months off.

> I think that including an external library for the sake this single method
> is overkill, inclusion of the library will - however slightly - increase the
> load of work we have to do on the build system, and will be one more
> component which potentially can fail to built correctly.
> 
> If I am correct in my belief that we will only need to use XML-RPC in that
> single place, I suggest we get rid of any external libs, which is dedicated
> to that goal.

I'm not sure that I understand the option here.  Are you proposing to
write your own XML-RPC implementation for login?  XML-RPC is managed
code right, is there any reason that isn't intrinsically cross platform
already (or did I miss that part)?

      -Sean

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