I maintain libxmltv-perl, a package that is still under active
development upstream:
http://packages.debian.org/unstable/interpreters/libxmltv-perl.html
The package consists of a DTD in /usr/share/sgml/xmltv, a number of Perl
libraries in /usr/share/perl5/XMLTV, a set of "grabbers" that get TV
listings in XML format, and a few other configuration programs and
related utilities. Up until now, everything has been written in Perl.
My problem? Suddenly, a new grabber has been added, and this new
grabber has been written in Python rather than Perl. I have nothing
against Python, but this change seems to at least invalidate the name of
my package...
What do I do with this? I see a few options. One is to rename my
package to something more general (maybe just 'xmltv' rather than
'libxmltv-perl'?). Another is to split the Python grabber off into its
own package (maybe something like 'libxmltv-python'?). I'm not sure
what else is appropriate.
Anyone have any suggestions?
KEN
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Kenneth J. Pronovici <pronovic@ieee.org>
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