On 12 Apr 1997, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Hi, > > I have just finished the next version of the package ordering > libraries/tool which shall be uploaded tonight to master -- I think I > have caught most of the design issues rasied on the lists (I am > including the spec below).
Hm, I think we need to talk :> It's late so I will be brief. What you have created is related, almost duplicating the functionality that the dpkg-lib library that we (the Deity team) is developing. Actually your application is the reason we want to create dpkg-lib, so ppl can make things like you did. Anyhow, with your package it looks like we have 4 implementations of the base functions of dpkg-lib. Joy. So at some point in the future we should combine the two packages, merging your ordering code with our code. I do not know when we will be done, but just so you know what we are trying to do. I have saved your letter and will look at it in more detail in the morning. Jason