On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 09:14:26PM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > How about "it's complete overkill"?
I don't think so. Yes you can write maintainable code with plain C, but with the number of developers moving in and out of Debian, I think that a decent OO approach for core software could make it more maintainable for _everyone_. I often feel that I'd like to help contribute code to some things, but, not being an overly confident programmer, I am daunted by code that takes a long time to understand. I personally find OO design much easier to follow. This is personal preference however. > > I don't see anything in the Debian packaging system which fits > OO very well at all. We have just one type of package; there are no > special sub-types, for example. Perhaps there should be then? After the little work I've done (yes, and _you_ know just how much Hamish :P), I do see advantages behind the OO approach. Besides, as I said, at this stage, do the analysis, not the coding. It can always be scrapped if it looks like it would be pointless, but I'd like to see some non-emotive reasons not to even _consider_ it. daniel
