Re: zeroconf.el

[Stefan Monnier]

> I've written a small package zeroconf.el, which offers an interface to
> service discovery as specified by zeroconf[1,2].  The communication to
> the Avahi daemon[3], the zeroconf implementation for GNU/Linux (and
> other systems), is based on D-Bus signals.

> As demonstration of this feature, I've written few lines of example
> code, which updates dynamically the "Postscript Printer" menu as local
> or network printers appear or disappear. This code could go into
> ps-samp.el.

Sounds good.  Do we know that this list of "printers available on the
network" has any relationship to the list of printers that `lpr' (or
`lp') will accept?

> Another feature of zeroconf.el is publishing of own service. But I would
> regard as an inferior feature.

> Any objections to install this in the trunk?

Feel free to install it under lisp/net/


        Stefan