# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: # The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. # Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and # the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. # You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also # customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| avahi: avahi (service discovery aka zeroconf) avahi: avahi: Avahi is an Implementation the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast avahi: DNS specifications for Zeroconf Computing. It uses D-BUS for avahi: communication between user applications and a system daemon. The avahi: daemon is used to coordinate application efforts in caching replies, avahi: necessary to minimize the traffic imposed on networks. This kind of avahi: technology is already found in Apple MacOS X (branded Rendezvous avahi: Bonjour and sometimes Zeroconf) and is very convenient. avahi: avahi: