Re: Dependency ordering

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,

	I should have mentioned that the library/application that I
 have developed is perl5 module based (it should be fairly easy to
 translate it into C++ (once we have written basic string manipulation
 classes that Perl madles so wonderfully [next unless /^\s{1,2}_\w+$/]))

	I am doing this version in Perl since I wanted the rapid
 prototyping -- I have rewritten this twice already as my
 understanding of the dataflow and relative importance of requirements
 evolved.(I hope that even a perl ordering tool is of some use to
 us). Even though it is written in perl, it works quite quickly, but
 maybe not quickly enough for an impatient installer ;-). (8 seconds
 to order 25 packages, and over 3 minutes for a monstrous 1250+
 packages, IMHO this is not unreasonable).

	I am nearly ready to move it out of experimental so that
 people could beat on it more (I'd like to get all the input I can get
 before moving this to C++ classes).

	I'd be happy to co-ordinate withthe deity team in any way they
 wish to utilize me. 

	Oh, I'll be away on location for the better part of next week,
 but I should be back on Friday. 

	manoj
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