Bug#438683: ITP: libconfig -- simple library for manipulating structured configuration files
Hi Julien >@2007.08.20_13:38:49_+0200
> At 1187477920 time_t, Julien Danjou wrote:
> > Package: wnpp
> > Severity: wishlist
> > Owner: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
> >
> > * Package name : libconfig
> > Version : 1.1.3
> > Upstream Author : Mark Lindner
> > * URL : http://www.hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html
> > * License : LGPL
> > Programming Lang: C, C++
> > Description : simple library for manipulating structured configuration files
> >
> >
> > libconfig is a simple library for manipulating structured configuration
> > files. The file format is more compact and more readable than XML. And
> > unlike XML, it is type-aware, so it is not necessary to do string
> > parsing in application code.
> > The library includes bindings for both the C and C++ languages. It works
> > on POSIX-compliant UNIX systems (GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD)
> > and Windows (2000, XP and later).
> >
> >
> > Currently there's already a libconfig in Debian, that seems unmaintained
> > and not used.
> >
> > I don't know yet what I'm going to do ; maybe ask the maintainers if he
> > thinks we can remove it.
>
> Do you think libconfig is still useful in Debian?
> It does not seem to be used nor really developed.
> Can we ask it for removal and replace it with a new libconfig, see above?
No, please don't. It is still used by some of my programs and a few people
and I've recently written a new version which I'm about to upload.
--
Regards
Abraham
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