--- projects/cms/documentation/minutes/minutes-20001030.txt 2000/10/31 14:50:17 1.1 +++ projects/cms/documentation/minutes/minutes-20001030.txt 2000/11/01 00:12:26 1.2 @@ -15,23 +15,24 @@ enable the meeting to proceed as planned. Compsoc1 qui down. A discussion about the sizes of compiled C++ programs on -solaris concluded that the actual size of the binary +Solaris concluded that the actual size of the binary executable is down to the setup of the compiler on the target machine. It is decided that we should not worry about this hurdle until further into the projects development. -The technologies which the project would ultilise were +The technologies which the project would utilise were discussed and the following points raised. - During the first few phases of the development our own protocol should be used for communication between Hosts - and server, and server and clients. If a defined technology - such as SNMP is decided upon then this can easily be sub- - stituted in due to the modular design of the applications. + and server, and server and clients. If a defined + technology, such as SNMP, is decided upon then this can + easily be substituted in due to the modular design of the + applications. - The protocol should be based on XML or a system not too - dissimilar. The reason for this is it all text based and + dis-similar. The reason for this is it all text based and thus easier to process. - The use of UDP and TCP/IP as communication layers between @@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ discussed and the following points raised. possible input from JC and PSSC. The use of heart beats was also discussed. It was decided -that further thought would have to be given to the implication -of these before they would be finalised. +that further thought would have to be given to the +implication of these before they would be finalised. Meeting concluded @ 12:00pm @@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ Meeting re-conviened @ 3:00pm Discussion on the implemention of the plugin technology concluded that data should flow through plugins in a -sequental manner and should remain as plain text at all times. -It was also discussed that plugins should have a 'order' coded -into them, to allow the data to flow in a suitable manner for -the plugins. +sequential manner and should remain as plain text at all +times. It was also discussed that plugins should have a +'order' coded into them, to allow the data to flow in a +suitable manner for the plugins. Meeting concluded @ 4:30pm