Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 08:25:17PM +1000, Daniel James Patterson wrote: > > On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:50:38AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> > > I think an interesting approach would be to use CORBA. Make dpkg into > > > a networkable server for polymorphic package objects! G'wan, I dare > > > ya! :-) > > I don't see why not. > How about "it's complete overkill"? Sure, and without complete overkill, how will we take full advantage of the second-system effect? :-) > I don't see anything in the Debian packaging system which fits > OO very well at all. We have just one type of package; there are no > special sub-types, for example. Then you're not looking very carefully. "It's overkill" may turn out to be a valid objection, but "it couldn't benefit from OO" is, IMO, completely false. Elisp packages spring to mind. We *do* have different classes of package; we just force them all into the same mold. -- Chris Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED] | I have a truly elegant proof of the or [EMAIL PROTECTED] | above, but it is too long to fit into http://www.dsp.net/xtifr | this .signature file.