On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:57:06PM +0200, Torsten Marek wrote:
> Since debtags is merged into libapt-front now, I guess that there should be
> Python bindings for libapt-front rather than libdebtags. As far as I saw in
> the
> svn, there's been some work with SWIG for libdebtags, so I'll use SWIG to
> create
> these bindings. If there's nothing in particular, I'd start on the
> Python->libapt-front bindings this week.
>
> What is the status of libdebtags1-{dev,pic} right now? Should they be used at
> all? Or is all other work happening in libapt-front? I still have some
> catching
> up to do...
libdebtags1-{dev,pic} are fully merged in libapt-front and they should
just disappear as the new tagcoll and apt-front are uploaded to
unstable.
As for the bindings, you can try SWIG but I had problems with it: it
doesn't automatically iterate sets, and it can get hairy since
libapt-front makes a strong use of templates.
Someone (Mornfall?) suggested having a look at boost::python.
I was also thinking that a simplified wrapper to the library might make
an easier start for language bindings, as well as for simple-case
users.
I'd say: have a look at the library, then try to think what a useful,
non-bloated python API could be, then we work from there.
Ciao,
Enrico
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