On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Behan Webster wrote: > > Behan> Now since we seem to first be building a wrapper around the > > Behan> current dpkg, I suggest these changes be requested of dpkg, but > > Behan> I still think that deity should work towards a common backend > > Behan> library that handles all things and deity and dpkg be simply > > Behan> possible front ends to this library. > > > > Hmmm. In that case, again, I thnk the design should be opened > > a bit more, at least the current dpkg designers should be included in > > this group. > > Has nobody mentioned this ultimate merger to the dpkg people yet? I > expect that they won't really want to merge until they see more of the > benefits of Deity, but we can at least start to try and sell the idea to > them.
Ever so often I mention this possibility on Debian-Devel and Ian and Klee have yet to say -anything- on the topic. Even at the start when everyone one was happily roasting me for suggesting that, Ian (who wasn't really here) and Klee had very little to say. Jason
