Just put Simone on it and it'll be out in no time (both of them)! :) On Nov 10, 2011 12:18 PM, "Emmanuel Bourg" <ebo...@apache.org> wrote:
> Le 10/11/2011 18:00, sebb a écrit : > > Flatfile seems to have much wider scope, and the API is >> correspondingly much more involved. >> >> I'm not sure I see how CSV fits in. >> >> But if CSV *is* merged in, I would hope the API would remain simple. >> > > +1, [csv] is simple and focused, I'd stick to it and ensure we get quickly > to a release. > > Now I realize that the writer package of [csv] supports fixed width files > with no delimiters, which clearly overlaps with [flatfile]. For this reason > I think it deserves to be removed from [csv]. > > I suggest to move in small steps: > > 1. let's push [csv] to a release, it could be done rather quickly > 2. keep on refining [flatfile] and release it independently > 3. eventually merge the two projects if it seems appropriate > > I fear that merging now could be discouraging and eventually delay much > longer a release. [flatfile] is already 3 years old and [csv] 6 years old. > > Emmanuel Bourg > >
