Re: [Libguestfs] hivexml rewrite
On May 7, 2011, at 6:26 PM, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
On Sat, May 07, 2011 at 06:01:13PM -0400, Simson Garfinkel wrote:
> I am writing to you about hivexml. Richard Jones told me that he
> was considering abandoning this program. Instead, I am willing to
> take over maintenance of it.
Not sure "abandoning", but I said that the format is broken, the
program is broken, and I'd like to deprecate both.
Ah. Your email to me actually had the word "abandoning" in it. Sorry if I jumped
the gun.
> 1. Is anybody using hivexml?
[speaking for me] No. The regedit format is what we're not using in
all the upstream and RHEL tools.
> 2. Is it important to be able to read the old XML format?
[speaking for me] no
Anybody else?
> 3. We have had a hard time building hivexml on non-RedHat
> systems. Is there any objection to my making this a standalone
> program?
Go ahead.
I would suggest (just to avoid confusion) you call your program
something else instead of 'hivexml'.
I think that brands have value. If keeping the old name means retaining backwards XML
compatibility, I'm happy to do so. Keeping the name is a good thing, I think.
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