Hi Julien >@2007.08.20_13:38:49_+0200
> At 1187477920 time_t, Julien Danjou wrote: > > Package: wnpp > > Severity: wishlist > > Owner: Julien Danjou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > * Package name : libconfig > > Version : 1.1.3 > > Upstream Author : Mark Lindner > > * URL : http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html > > * License : LGPL > > Programming Lang: C, C++ > > Description : simple library for manipulating structured > > configuration files > > > > > > libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration > > files. The file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And > > unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string > > parsing in application code. > > The library includes bindings for both the C and C++ languages. It works > > on POSIX-compliant UNIX systems (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD) > > and Windows (2000, XP and later). > > > > > > Currently there's already a libconfig in Debian, that seems unmaintained > > and not used. > > > > I don't know yet what I'm going to do ; maybe ask the maintainers if he > > thinks we can remove it. > > Do you think libconfig is still useful in Debian? > It does not seem to be used nor really developed. > Can we ask it for removal and replace it with a new libconfig, see above? No, please don't. It is still used by some of my programs and a few people and I've recently written a new version which I'm about to upload. -- Regards Abraham ___________________________________________________ Abraham vd Merwe - The Debian Project 1st Floor, Albion Springs, 183 Main Road, Newlands Phone: +27 21 689 3867 Cell: +27 82 565 4451 Http: http://people.debian.org/~abz/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
