Re: [Cooker] Text-version of MandrakeUpdate v0.0.0.1
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 01:48:03PM -0700, Prana wrote: I've just started working on the text version of MandrakeUpdate a few hours ago, in C++, using libcurl + librpm... it's still very alpha quality and still not very usable. Are you leveraging off of the code in MandrakeUpdate? They already have the heuristics for version comparison etc. worked out. You really should be using a common code base with MandrakeUpdate for this sort of stuff. b. -- Brian J. Murrell
Re: [Cooker] Text-version of MandrakeUpdate v0.0.0.1
Good idea, however I'm not used to copycatting/plagiarizing other people's code. I myself haven't taken a look at it. It'll be okay. Prana "Brian J. Murrell" wrote: Are you leveraging off of the code in MandrakeUpdate? They already have the heuristics for version comparison etc. worked out. You really should be using a common code base with MandrakeUpdate for this sort of stuff. b. -- Brian J. Murrell -- Prana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyest.org My GnuPG Key ID: 0x33343FD3 (2000-07-21) Key fingerprint = F1FB 1F76 8866 0F40 A801 D9DA 6BED 6641 3334 3FD3 http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x33343FD3
Re: [Cooker] Text-version of MandrakeUpdate v0.0.0.1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prana) writes: Good idea, however I'm not used to copycatting/plagiarizing other people's code. I myself haven't taken a look at it. It'll be okay. you know, free software are made to be reused. So you can save time, use and improve code. But it's up to you, do as you like it. -- dam's
Re: [Cooker] Text-version of MandrakeUpdate v0.0.0.1
On Sat, Jan 27, 2001 at 04:46:31PM -0700, Prana wrote: Good idea, however I'm not used to copycatting/plagiarizing other people's code. You don't understand "OpenSource" do you? As long as you do not claim the work you leverage off of as your own work it is not "plagiarizing". Copycatting (good code) is a good thing in software development not a bad thing. I myself haven't taken a look at it. It'll be okay. But why do extra work that has already been done before? Don't re-invent the wheel. It's already perfect. There is nothing more than can be done to it to make it better. Use it and make something more useful with it. ~sigh~ b. -- Brian J. Murrell
Re: [Cooker] Text-version of MandrakeUpdate v0.0.0.1
"Brian J. Murrell" wrote: You don't understand "OpenSource" do you? As long as you do not claim the work you leverage off of as your own work it is not "plagiarizing". Copycatting (good code) is a good thing in software development not a bad thing. It's not that don't understand Open Source. FYI, I'm a member of Gnome Foundation too, and I've published some of my software too, from Assembly, Pascal, C, to C++, and they're open-source. It's just my old habbit not to copycat. However, I think you and damien are right. At the first time I thought I want to do everything from scratch. Hrhm.. but you're right, I'll have to develop this pretty quickly before 7.3/8.0 is out. I'll have to reuse some of the function in MandrakeUpdate. Point well taken :) Starting from tomorrow, it will be available from http://www.cyest.org/drakupdatetxt Prana But why do extra work that has already been done before? Don't re-invent the wheel. It's already perfect. There is nothing more than can be done to it to make it better. Use it and make something more useful with it. -- Prana [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyest.org My GnuPG Key ID: 0x33343FD3 (2000-07-21) Key fingerprint = F1FB 1F76 8866 0F40 A801 D9DA 6BED 6641 3334 3FD3 http://blackhole.pca.dfn.de:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x33343FD3
