Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-05 Thread Enrico Zini
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 11:08:17AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > After some discussion in #debian-devel, I went for 'upt'. > Wow ... cool ... a TLA! ... except that I've no idea what does it mean :-) > But I guess I can wait to read the long description ... You're late: it's ept now :) ht

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-05 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:01:16AM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > > Great to see this!, but I'm rather scared about its name: isn't "pkg" > > too generic? Wouldn't "debpkg" be a better (since more specific and > > describing) name? > After some discussion in #debian-devel, I went for 'upt'. Wow ... c

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-01 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:41:45AM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Great to see this!, but I'm rather scared about its name: isn't "pkg" > too generic? Wouldn't "debpkg" be a better (since more specific and > describing) name? After some discussion in #debian-devel, I went for 'upt'. Ciao,

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-01 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/01/07 04:41, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:29:47PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: * Package name: pkg Description : High-level library for managing Debian package information Great to see this!, but I'm rather scared about its name: isn't "pkg" too generic? Wo

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-01 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 01:29:47PM +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > * Package name: pkg > Description : High-level library for managing Debian package information Great to see this!, but I'm rather scared about its name: isn't "pkg" too generic? Wouldn't "debpkg" be a better (since more speci

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-01 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 03:34:22AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I'm about to port 'debtags-edit', after that I'll do the upload of > > libpkg-dev and libpkg0. > This name seems overly generic to me. There are already libpkg > libraries for the FreeBSD and RiscPkg (RISCOS) package managers, and

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-06-01 Thread Enrico Zini
On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 03:34:22AM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > I'm about to port 'debtags-edit', after that I'll do the upload of > > libpkg-dev and libpkg0. > This name seems overly generic to me. There are already libpkg > libraries for the FreeBSD and RiscPkg (RISCOS) package managers, and

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-05-31 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2007-05-31 at 13:29 +0100, Enrico Zini wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > * Package name: pkg > I'm about to port 'debtags-edit', after that I'll do the upload of > libpkg-dev and libpkg0. This name seems overly generic to me. T

Bug#426874: ITP: pkg -- High-level library for managing Debian package information

2007-05-31 Thread Enrico Zini
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Package name: pkg Version : 0.1 Upstream Author : Enrico Zini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * URL : hg clone http://hg.debian.org/hg/private/enrico/libpkg * License : LGPL Programming Lang: C++