On Tue, Jun 29, 1999 at 09:20:37AM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > [Followup on debian-sgml only, Cc: Branden if you reply, because I don't know > if he is on debian-sgml.] I'm not, so yes, please Cc me with any further comments that need my attention. > Don't worry, it is written in Java, so the actual name of the package will be > lib-xt-java. [...] > XP = XML Parser :-) The Debian package will be lib-xp-java. Okay. Consider me conditionally reassured. > The world of SGML is very closed, X11 is not something they know, XT is > developed on MS-Windows... I see that! Those guys need to get out more. I can't fault these guys for releasing free software, but I do think they need to be hit over the head with a large beanbag that says "X WINDOW SYSTEM". I withdraw my objection for the time being. But I hope you understand my concerns; I get a migraine just thinking about some doofus who files a bug against xlib6g because he can't figure out how to get libXt or libXp to do XML document manipulation. BTW, just as a heads up, there are rumblings from time to time about junking the /usr/X11R6 tree and moving X into /usr, and someday it really will happen. Since these libraries are Java classes, not archives or shared objects, I don't antipate any name collisions, but it's better to be aware of these issues now rather than later. Thanks for helping assuage my panic attack. :) -- G. Branden Robinson | I've made up my mind. Don't try to Debian GNU/Linux | confuse me with the facts. branden@ecn.purdue.edu | -- Indiana Senator Earl Landgrebe cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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