On Mon, 20 Aug 2007, Deepak Tripathi wrote: >>> * Package name : libdpkg-parse-perl >>> Version : 0.01 >>> Upstream Author : Adam Jacob <|[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> |* URL : >>> http://search.cpan.org/~holoway/DPKG-Parse-0.01/ >>> * License : Perl License >>> Programming Lang : Perl >>> Description : DPKG::Parse contains utilities to parse the >>> various files created by dpkg and turn them into helpful Perl objects. >>> Current files understood by various DPKG::Parse modules: >>> >> >> Can you briefly compare the functionality of DPKG::Parse and AptPkg? >> > it provides the approximately same functionality BUT it is in Object > oriented way.
I fail to see the need to package a few dozen of lines of perl that simply parse RFC2822-compatible headers when we have lots of well tested code to handle those. This module has seen a single release numbered 0.01, and it dates back to 2 years ago already. Deepak, please don't package every useless bit of perl. Furthermore, your comparison doesn't seem correct. I don't see a direct parser of Packages file in AptPkg. You have to go through all the Apt setup. They don't have the same use case. However DPKG::Parse has IMO no use case at all I have written (or seen) perl code to parse Packages file in numerous places (debian-cd for example) and you really don't need a dedicated module for that. And the available file used by this module is probably not meaningful on most systems... it's mainly a dselect file which is nowadays replaced by /var/lib/apt/lists/*. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Premier livre français sur Debian GNU/Linux : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
