Le 19/08/2013 15:03, Johannes Schauer a écrit : > not quite sure why I was CC'ed but I do have some comments for Iain :)
I've put you in CC because my proposal will basicaly revert your patch from #714703 and offer an alternative solution. Actually, I should have put this bug in CC... done. > However, after thinking about it, I am planning to redesign the plumbing > between commands. What I am planning to do is the following: > > * "download" will only download files; > * a new "import" command will take a list of Sources and Packages > files (or query projectb or some other kind of database), and create > a "ben.cache" file. This command would do the canonicalization phase > (i.e. add source and source-version fields to all binary packages, > etc.); > * a new "filter" command will add the uninstallable (previously > edos-debcheck) field, and any other additional massaging we'll want > in the future (like keeping only the last version or the > "is-in-testing" virtual field); > * the "query" command will be able to output "ben.cache" files as > well. It will basically act as the dual of "import"; > * "monitor" will only read a "ben.cache" file. > > Basically, it promotes "ben.cache"-like files (which are binary dumps of > an OCaml datastructure and efficiently parsed) as first-class citizens, > and the canonical format passed between commands, with bridges to the > text control file format via import and query). Cheers, -- Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-ocaml-maint-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/52121a8a.1000...@debian.org
