Re: mDNS vs Upnp was Re: Platform

[Stefan Kost <ensonic hora-obscura de>]

Christian Fredrik Kalager Schaller schrieb:
> I can't help but feel that this discussion about Avahi versus gupnp is
> rather construed. Most application developers will go looking for either
> of these technologies because they want to interoperate with a specific
> set of non-GNOME devices. If you want your video player to be able to
> send video directly to a DLNA certified TV for instance you probably
> couldn't care less whether Avahi is the officially blessed stack for
> these sort of things, cause Avahi doesn't do what you need it to do. And
> the other way around if you are trying to integrate with Apple hardware
> you wouldn't give a damn if gupnp was the official stack for these sort
> of things as it wouldn't do what you need it to.
>
> The only usecase where a developer might care which one is 'officially
> blessed' would be in the GNOME to GNOME usecase, but I honestly believe
> that is a tiny minority of the usecases.
>
> Christian
>   
yes. So what about mentioning both avahi & gupnp in that sections?

Stefan