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Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:45:40 +0100 (MET)
From: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Subject: Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] Plug-ins
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Hi,


> Just wondering if there are any plans to introduce a plug-in interface to
> BATMAN?  I am especially keen to see a Nameservice plugin, or any other
> service advertisement-type plugin.

the main idea behind batman is to create a small, lightweight and easy to use 
routing daemon. Without bloating the code or "spamming" the network with 
unneccessary traffic.  Hence no such plug-in interface is planned or wanted 
at the moment.
Personally, I like the concept of creating these features one layer above 
batman so that these "services" can run indepently from the routing 
algorithm. Currently FX from Phenoelit is working on a nameservice which does 
exactly that.

Regards,
Marek