From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 16 18:05:01 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C87916A47A for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:05:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A4FCF13C4DD for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:05:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-hackers@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Hzcdk-0004d2-97 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:04:48 +0200 Received: from 78-1-114-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.114.116]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:04:48 +0200 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-114-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:04:48 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:04:28 +0200 Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: <200706161422.56694.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig18AB7E5127245F044370E09E" X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-114-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.12 (Windows/20070509) In-Reply-To: <200706161422.56694.blackdragon@highveldmail.co.za> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.3.0 Sender: news Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Information handling X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:05:01 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig18AB7E5127245F044370E09E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable David Naylor wrote: > So: > 1) What tools are there for accessing information (i.e. libraries)? > 2) If so is there any unification of the interface? > 3) If no to any of the above, is there a need for such tools and should= it be=20 > a unified interface (not just specific subsets)? If everything goes OK, the backend server from finstall could offer something like that. (http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall). The lan is to finish the prototype in python, then rewrite it in C for inclusion in the base system (though this particular part needs some high-level discussion), so this is not something that will happen "soon". --------------enig18AB7E5127245F044370E09E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGdCYwldnAQVacBcgRAtDaAJ0VertaqW+B4Z3uDNGvQ7UzsLK41QCfTI70 ccxCwswhY9ZYRgNlV+KpYCM= =i/fT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig18AB7E5127245F044370E09E--