Free Ekanayaka <[email protected]> writes: > |--==> On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:55:53 +0200, Dominique Dumont > <[email protected]> said: > > > Hello > > As part of my mentor activity for GSoC 2009, I had to create a lens for > Debian > > control files. > > Great! > > Out of curiosity, is the control lens targeted to some specific use > case you're facing? Or is it just something you think it will possibly > be useful in the future?
Jawnsy's Google Summer of Code project [1] has 2 main topics: - provide Perl/Qt4 bindings - provide a library to parse and write Debian control and copyright files (the ones that are used to create debian packages) Since the library is to be used by several languages, jawnsy started the implementation in C. At first sight, the debctrl syntax looks fairly straightforward. On second sight, it's more complex. So Jawnsy faced some trouble with his C implementation. As Jawnsy mentor for GSoC, I suggested to use Augeas instead of pure C. Unfortunately, he couln't figure out by himself how to use Augeas to parse control files. So I had the create the lens and write enough explanation for him to understand. I still do not know if he will use Augeas or not for his project (that's his decision, I don't want to pull rank there). But I least, I've shown him that it's possible. All the best [1] http://wiki.debian.org/JonathanYu/Debian_Control_Files_Parsing_and_Editing_Library -- Dominique Dumont "Delivering successful solutions requires giving people what they need, not what they want." Kurt Bittner irc: domidumont at irc.freenode.net ddumont at irc.debian.org _______________________________________________ augeas-devel mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/augeas-devel
