On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 01:24:18PM -0500, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > On Tue, Feb 01, 2005 at 09:41:13AM +0100, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 03:13:38PM -0500, Eric C. Cooper wrote: > > > I use a libcurl wrapper for the client side (downloads from remote APT > > > repositories). I use Stefano's package for the server (daemon) side > > > to listen for and respond to requests. (He has a rudimentary client > > > side also, but I needed FTP support and more control over HTTP headers > > > > Could you please elaborate on this? > > > > After we got in touch a while ago I added a callback in Http_user_agent > > to access header data in the, _very_ rudimentary, don't be too nice with > > my library :), client side part of my library. What do you need in > > addition? > > Thanks, the new interface is all I need now for HTTP methods. But I > also need FTP methods for some repositories, and maybe also HTTPS, > preferably with a consistent interface. Libcurl gives me this "for > free".
Indeed. > BTW, approx is already packaged (i.e., there's a debian/ directory and > the package builds without any error from lintian/linda). But I'm a > novice at Debian packages, so I'm sure there's a lot of room for > improvement. Well, by packaging we obviously also mean uploading to the debian archive. Also notice the pkg-ocaml-maint (will try to get it renamed to ocaml i think) project on alioth, and in particular the subversion repository holding the debian directories of all if not most ocaml related packages. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
