Re: Time to rewrite dpkg IN IDL! :)
On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 02:50:38AM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> I think an interesting approach would be to use CORBA. Make dpkg into
> a networkable server for polymorphic package objects! G'wan, I dare
> ya! :-)
Wowch! Nothing against CORBA, I love it, but if I think about the overhead.
I recently compiled the 2.2 Kernel: 6 minutes, I compiled MICO: 2 hours!!!
Ok, I know, handling the complexity of today computing needs powerful tools,
and CORBA is jsut the way to go, but i do not think, the world is ripe for
that in the *very basic* tool on any system. If you have to run a server
like that just to install Debian, you can well double the minimum amount of
needed memory.
So, having a way to access dpkg via CORBA would be a great thing, but still
it has to work without as well. Should be possible to have a simple C++
library but have IDLs for it as well in some way, so the objects can be
shared.
Ciao,
Nobbi
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