-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Mike McGrath wrote: > On Sun, 25 Oct 2009, Ben Boeckel wrote: > >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA256 >> >> Hi, >> >> I am working on a project designed to mirror large, changing archives of >> software in a manner that ensures data integrity and atomic updates using a >> peer-to-peer protocol. >> >> My team and I would like to design this software such that it provides a >> suitable replacement for rsync. As Fedora is among the leading >> distributions, I would like to solicit your opinions on the implementation. >> We have designed much of the architecture, but have not implemented anything >> yet. One issue we wish to address currently is that of interpreted vs. >> compiled languages. >> >> My team and I would like to know whether the community would be accepting of >> such a project (which includes a daemon) if it were written in Python rather >> than C or C++. If so, it would greatly simplify the implementation and >> allow it to be more robust. Python's built-in libraries and facilities >> provide much of the path and network manipulation that the daemon requires. >> Using the Python standard libraries allows us to rely upon a well-tested >> base and focus on higher-level issues. >> >> What are your opinions, as system administrators, on using Python for >> long-running daemon processes when the developers are explicitly mindful of >> memory considerations? >> > > I've generally had better luck with C/C++ based daemons from a systems > admin point of view. But we've used plenty of python based daemons that > worked just fine. I think the problem is the lower barrier to using > python means it's easier for less experienced developers to create python > daemons. > > Really though, if it's done right, python daemons can be just as good as C > daemons. And extending Python is very easy as you mentioned with using > pythons built in libraries. If you're concerned about performance though > it shouldn't take much to do the basics of what you want and compare C to > python. Sometimes they're identical, sometimes C wins but I don't think > I've seen python win yet (with performance). But it is much easier to > work with python :) > > -Mike Thanks for your reply. Seeing as it is a mirroring daemon, the network is the bottleneck. If it isn't then either you're sitting next door, our implementation is bad, or the hardware shouldn't be a mirror in the first place. - --Ben -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJK5NUuAAoJEKaxavVX4C1XwboQANvsgFvNHSuYUFGNT6Vze/4u fCxzohcTnM+UosCEKDbSzknVlPhcoRGq71Lm1bju/Spsr8o1VHy18a5+nlEv7FlE icyo/J1ls7diWDMnA/zkoadQUlzg2nb5qpxV5jZVCrNWf3oDmxGuTLb1f9KlucQV Z2gROXyJw9ALvZJ+nY3HYE5MEBa/w44RkS/HoE0PDFeToMufnv728JXJ6AE3dTVs IEIq9EBhFZ/wqvEShdoz/UqmVTx7Y9CfD/31PN5yat9eGPaomXrN9jaG4LB4l2sV A2TuaV0lC+qy6woScnIC0WMfREc5QHxQLXag9L8DOJN/nnRCV3fKKFxY3zW8xK92 cIDhUqjWWXDBc5kAuxwyId5UpKD3KJmd8ZoyGNwuYGdEff96thiAOurKIYpmKjXK r8eI5BarfyeELOvMo5sb4vi1WEpzxQN+xjsrUGEM3BtvXy7+rsIwkpUkL20/5gYG HYDo3xQG0ya1XX27Tm6+pbORoWW6YjhgJ8JN+acNAiopLP2P04/ErLyC4Jvga4+u G1FSd8hvv9gz3I2uDf98PD/npye2yj/w/gWPwofPI5Ono9mJIPCHPzD89WinFYE8 BARSfJaWhNv1tM6BffpRg51t1w4D82ulVWdPMRs5224HlRSozoaoVLkMYcRWEL+O q+mTgi/7jKZ31pEjwxqV =PF8I -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Fedora-infrastructure-list mailing list Fedora-infrastructure-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-infrastructure-list
