[MOBY-dev] URGENT: Attention ALL SERVICE PROVIDERS

[Martin Senger]

Mark,
   I found the agent's behaviour description slightly inconsistent in one 
place (perhaps agent is not inconsistent, perhaps it is only the 
description, I have not tested the agent itself):

> The agent runs on a cron, and behaves as follows:
> ...
> 3)  If it doesn't find a valid RDF file there, then it flags an error;
> after a certain number of errors your service(s) will be deregistered.
> ...
> 5)  If it expects to find a service signature in this RDF, and can't
> find it, it concludes that the service has been taken off-line, and it
> will de-register that service.
>
   So: if there is no file at all, it will try several times before
de-registering the service. But if there is any RDF file but without my
service, it will de-register it immediatelly. Why does it not behave the
same in these two cases? In reality, it would mean slightly different
behaviour when I am adding my first service (so the RDF file with all my
services does not exist yes) and when I am adding the second and more 
services (when the RDF file exists - havig my previous services - but it 
still does not have my last one).

   Regards,
   Martin

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Martin Senger

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