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Re: Debian as a CORBA component



On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 21:22, Colin Walters wrote:
> It has annoyed me for some time that the web interface to
> packages.debian.org only displays i386 packages.  So, I started thinking
> about how to implement a replacement, and I realized I really needed to
> be able to talk to the postgres database on auric.  That alone cried out
> for a CORBA interface.  Of course, once we have a CORBA interface to the
> archive, why not a CORBA interface to the BTS?  And in fact all of
> Debian's services?
> 
> And with CORBA as the interface, there's no reason why it shouldn't be
> accessible from anywhere in the world.  The possibilities are numerous. 
> For example, given a good CORBA interface to the archive, it is trivial
> to implement a "madison" command that runs on your own machine, and
> contacts the archive server.  But there's also no reason it would have
> to run on a tty; imagine a full-blown GNOME "Debian Development"
> application that would allow you to browse the archive, look at packages
> and see their bugs, build logs, information about the maintainer, etc.  
> 
> So, yes, this is a grand plan.  But I've in fact already created a
> working prototype of the Packages and Bugs interface, along with sample
> Python implementations.  For the impatient, visit:
> 
> http://cvs.verbum.org/debian/packages.d.o-ng/
> 
wow, this is a very nice idea, IMO. Only please take into account that
there is already a CORBA interface for databases (included Postgres) in
GNOME-DB (http://www.gnome-db.org), so you may want to use that one for
the DB access part.

cheers
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo@gnome-db.org> - <rodrigo@ximian.com>
http://www.gnome-db.org/ - http://www.ximian.com/



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