Re: [GnomeMeeting-devel-list] ILS, big problem

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Hi Kilian,

> i'd rather see a slightly modified version which is not as brutal and
> not as challenging for the server.
> 
> if you scan through the ils list on a difference basis (i.e. only
> changed and new users since last scan), you could just flag those users
> with an ldap field that their ip cannot be called. that way you'd have
> say gray, red and green users in the ils browser. 

It wouldn't be compatible with Netmeeting and old GM versions.

> the gray ones are callable but busy.
> the red ones are not callable at all.

Why display them then?

> and the green ones are callable and not busy.
> 
> if then gm would scan for this field set every once in a while (when
> registering/unregistering on the server e.g.) a popup could be displayed
> that a regular check has proven the setup to be non-working. 
> 
> at least for a non push-processing system (i.e. server can tell client
> directly) that seems to work fine at reasonable load to me.
> 
> Objections?

What is the advantage over solution 3?
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