Re: (FC-Devel) requirements

[Andrey V Khavryutchenko <akhavr@compchem.kiev.ua>]

Hi, Jeff! 

>>>>> "WJ" == Wolfe, Jeff writes:

WJ> Howdy all!  We've been a little quite lately.  I imagine this is one of
WJ> those times when we all get a little busy in our own lives.  

Yes, my workload lately is larger than usual, unfortunatelly.

WJ> I hope we can keep the project going.  The requirements are a good step
WJ> forward.  Once we get them done, it will be easier to contribute
WJ> functional pieces.

Thanks, that's, so far, the only responce, I've got ;)

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WJ> On the interfaces, we need to make some decisions.  My original
WJ> intention was to develop an interface that used serialized objects and
WJ> vanilla TCP/IP.  Then, we could easily add secondary interfaces to
WJ> allow bridging from COM , CORBA, or whatever.  Does anyone have an
WJ> opinion on this?

Well, I've thought of much simpler Primary Server interface.  Something
like the set of functions or OO interfaces with compile-time binding.  They 
would be packages as a library and the Secondary Interfaces would use
them.  Such way there will be no overhead at small installations, where
everything -- the repository, the primary server, the secondary one and the 
tool are on the same computer.

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