Re: Bits from the RM
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Anthony Towns wrote:
> So, here's a very rough rundown of what some of the reasons sarge is going
> to blow you away [0]:
>
> * Updated apps, like xfree86 4.2, KDE 3, Gnome 2, Perl 5.8,
> gcc 3.2, dpkg 1.10, apache 2
dpkg 2.0, deb format 3.0, dpkg-source v2, .nlist, ...
Those are just a few of the things Wichert and I have in store(and some are
already implemented) for the next version of dpkg.
> * Debian GNU/Hurd ?
No comment.
> * Coping with dynamically modified and program-controled
> configuration files in a more admin friendly way, see [1]
dpkg 2.0 will support dynamic registration of files.
> * Letting cdebconf work as a drop-in replacement for debconf;
> getting dpkg to better support debconf
dpkg will support debconf very well in 2.0. Wichert and I have big plans.
More on the new dpkg features will be posted to -dpkg first, then -devel,
after things are ironed out.
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