Bug#366483: ITP: oci-mpc -- The Makefile, Project and Workspace Creator

[alex bodnaru <alexbodn@012.net.il>]

hi thomas,

examining mpc-ace, i found it's dependent on libace and libtao, which
is, in my opinion, too much for a few perl scripts ;-).

is this really needed for this special versions of mpc?

alex

thomas.g.girard@free.fr wrote:
> Selon alex bodnaru <alexbodn@012.net.il>:
> 
>>hi thomas,
>>
>>i have needed mpc to package another program.
>>
>>i'd rather use your prepared package, of course.
>>
>>pitty the aleged upstream authors (oci), didn't know anything about your
>>effort.
> 
> 
> Well, as you may know, OCI's version is upstream. The DOC group uses a
> snapshot version for ACE+TAO[0] development, and this is the version
> packaged as mpc-ace. You may find out that the mpc-ace version is
> outdated.
> 
> If that happen please let me know, and together we'll move toward the OCI
> version, therefore deprecating mpc-ace. I know that ACE+TAO can be
> compiled with OCI's MPC with some tweaks.
> 
> 
>>please close my itp bugs in your changelog, and tell me how could i
>>totally cancel oci-mpc in favour of your package.
> 
> 
> I don't need to mention this ITP in ACE+TAO packages changelog.
> 
> As soon as you have find out that mpc-ace MPC version fits your needs,
> i.e. you can build your package with it, then you can close the ITP
> by yourself stating that oci-mpc is not needed because of mpc-ace.
> If mpc-ace does not fit, we'll use this ITP to move to OCI's version.
> 
> Do you agree ?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thomas
> 
>