[Mono-dev] System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp upgrade to Async

[Robert Jordan]

Hi Pablo,

On 23.02.2012 14:17, pablosantosluac at terra.es wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> As far as I see here:
>
> https://github.com/mono/mono/tree/master/mcs/class/System.Runtime.Remoting/System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp
>
> the good old TCP channel has been largely untouched for about 4 years now.
>
> We use it on a daily basis in Plastic SCM (with some tweaks) but I
> wonder if there's interest in converting it into Async sockets.
>
> We're considering it right now, but my question is also: do you think
> remoting is dead and should stay this way? Any better alternative?

Remoting won't die anytime soon because it's a core part of the
AppDomain machinery (I'm still using it in new projects whenever
cross-framework compatibility isn't necessary and where security
can be handled by another layer).

About yours (or Dick Porter's?) Async patch: The problem is there
aren't any Remoting maintainers left. I did it in the past
(mostly bug fixing), but I'm starting to forget about the details ;)

If you want this patch in Mono, you'd have to maintain at least
the TcpChannel (monitoring Bugzilla, etc.).

OTOH, given how plugable Remoting is, it would be easier to maintain
your own AsycTcpChannel instead of risking a maintenance burden...

Robert