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Author: intrigeri
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Subject: Re: [Tails-dev] [tor-dev] [GSoC] Tails Server - status report
segfault wrote (18 May 2016 13:24:34 GMT) :
> sajolida:
>> segfault:


>>>> Also, just out of curiosity, when are you planning to work on "Design an
>>>> extensible and robust format describing the services and how they
>>>> integrate into Tails"?
>>>
>>> I think this discussion has already started with anonym's mail [1]. I
>>> discussed this further with him in XMPP because I had a different design
>>> in mind but I think his is better, so I didn't write a mail about this
>>> after the chat. I already started implementing and extending the design
>>> (I think most shortcomings only become obvious during implementation).
>>> Maybe I should send another mail about this.
>>>
>>> [1] https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-dev/2016-March/010506.html
>>
>> You're right and I actually didn't read this thread very carefully
>> myself because it was going out of my department. I was thinking that
>> for example it would be good to have a blueprint that specifies how to
>> describe a new service (the options specific to this service, what needs
>> to be made persistent, how to start and stop it, etc.). And anonym's
>> email looks like a good start indeed.
>>
>> This will be useful during the design phase to allow people other than
>> anonym and George to review it. For example, I really want intrigeri to
>> review your specification because his vision is usually nicely
>> complementary to anonym's but I don't expect him to follow our threads.


> Ack.


Indeed, I'd like to have a look, but I won't follow the
entire discussion, so an explicitly RFC will be useful :)

> I'm convinced and will start working on a blueprint for the TailsService
> and TailsServiceOption designs. :)


Yeah :)

Cheers,
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intrigeri