Re: [Config4gnu-developer] Re: libconf status

[dams <da...@id...>]

Justin Yackoski <ju...@sk...> writes:

> On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 04:01, dams wrote:
> 
> > There is a cvs repository here:
> > 
> > http://cvsweb.tuxfamily.org/cvs/src/?cvsroot=ugtk
> > 
> > The files to get are:
> > libconf.pm  <- the lib
> > test_conf.pl  <- test program
> > templates <- the direcory containing the templates.
> > 
> > This cvs is too slow, so it will be moved somewhere else, either on sf.net or
> > on gentoo.org
> 
> This CVS seems to be only web-based.  Is that the case?  It would be
> much easier to access it via normal CVS.  Also, can we have write access
> to it, or do you prefer we send you diffs?

it's not only web based :

CVS access is available by two medium: pserver or ssh.
You must create a depencies between the repository and a group (see group
management).

People could access to CVS repository anonymously with PSERVER:
Access: export CVSROOT=:pserver:ano...@cv...:/cvsroot/ugtk 

I prefere not to give you write access, because handling this without security
problem is difficult at the moment, that's why I'm planing to change the cvs
server.

So I'm sorry, but you will have to send me the diffs so that I include it :/

> 
> > > 
> > > Jason wrote a basic converter to XML and I was wondering if you would
> > > prefer this so that the perl structures can still be used by libconf, or
> > > if you would accept changes that made libconf natively output XML.
> > 
> > It depends how it's done. xml converter seems fine for now.
> 
> OK, we'll do the XML converter for now.  I guess it shouldn't be too
> much slower anyway.

nice, thanx !

Can you describe how you plan to do it? Maybe I can advise you on some stuffs

[...]

> > 
> > I think LGPL is not that good, because it allows people to use your work
> > without give back to you or the community. The fact that the GPL is viral is
> > something I actually like :)
> 
> What are the implications of libconf being GPL while CFG is LGPL?  Does
> a program using CFG then also use libconf, requiring it to be GPL, or
> does going through CFG allow it to be non-GPL?  

if CFG uses libconf, it has to be GPL afaik. CFG itself has to be GPL. I'm
sorry about that, but that actually the purpose of the GPL