>>>>> "David" == David Daney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
David> I don't know if I like the idea of having a dependency on David> libmagic. I know that I can still build without it, but how David> crippled will my system be? Probably no more than it is now as David> I don't currently use these methods anyhow. Yes, one method will not work -- a method which currently does not work. (By "not work" I mean it always returns the fallback value.) David> That probably sounds kind of negative, but it is not meant to. I David> think I would prefer a java implementation, but don't really have David> strong feelings one way or the other. I'd prefer a java implementation too, I suppose. However that seemed like a lot of effort for a single method. There's also the freedesktop standard in this area. The existence of this particular implementation doesn't preclude someone else from writing another -- either in java, or using xdgmime, or anything else. In fact, I'd welcome that. Tom
