Matching package names across distributions

[Donnie Berkholz]

On 16:28 Wed 02 Feb     , Enrico Zini wrote:
> Thank you. It was indeed already in the radar: 
> http://www.enricozini.org/2011/debian/distromatch/ (see at the end of 
> the post)
> 
> There is also "whoas":
>   http://www.philippwesche.org/200811/whohas/intro.html
> and an "Equivalent Packages" dataset:
>   http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2011/01/msg00646.html
> 
> In other words, we've already passed by the library :P
> 
> distromatch is designed to use many different methods/heuristics,
> so that they complement or cross-check each other. Rather than a new
> wheel, it's intended to be a frame to attach wheels to.

Ahh, I see. I was just very sad to think that one of our Summer of Code 
projects was going to waste. Thank you for clearing up my misconception.

-- 
Thanks,
Donnie

Donnie Berkholz
Sr. Developer, Gentoo Linux
Blog: http://dberkholz.com
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