SoC Ideas Network Stack Rewrite

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This is a Summer of Code 2010 Idea


Description

Rewrite wesnoth network stack using boost::asio

Rewrite wesnoth network stack using boost::asio.

Additional Information

Currently, wesnoth uses 'sdl net' for network layer. There's a number of issues with it. We want to recode wesnoth network layer (wesnothd server, wesnoth client, stats uploader) using a framework like boost::asio. Features wanted:

  • proxy support.
  • configurable timeout value for connections.
  • ability for wesnoth client to multiplex connections to wesnoth server (allow client to connect to wesnoth server multiple times)
  • ability to use wesnoth network client with a different c++ backend (e.g., use wesnoth network client as a library)