[icecast] New YP listing code in icecast2

[Jack Moffitt]

> XML is not really suited for this type of request, you don't need 
> structured data for YP communication, you just want a varying number of 
> parameters, which is currently possible given the current implementation.

XML-RPC is, and that would be a much better way to define the interface.
Then at least everyone could stop rwiting their own sender/parser and
just use their favorite XML-RPC lib for their respective language.

> just because you can do something doesn't necessarily mean you 
> should.

There are many areas that the current infrastructure can not deal with.
See earlier threads on new yp to get a detailed list.  (I know Oddsock
has seen this, this is mostly for everyone else's knowledge).

jack.
--- >8 ----
List archives:  http://www.xiph.org/archives/
icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/
To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request at xiph.org'
containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body.  No subject is needed.
Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.