#431087: Packages iteration return dictionaries

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Sat, Jun 30, 2007 at 04:35:16PM +0100, John Wright wrote:
> This is implemented in the deb822 module, which is currently in unstable
> as python-deb822, but will be integrated in with python-debian at some
> point.  (A slightly outdated version of the source is in python-debian

AOL on Reinhard's question ...

> already; I need to figure out the best way to either transition from it
> being a "top-level" package to one under the "debian" package, or else
> make the python-debian source build the python-deb822 binary...)
> 
> In particular, see the deb822.Packages.iter_paragraphs method.  deb822
> preserves case and order when "dumping" back out to RFC822 format and
> also provides case-insensitive dictionary-like access.

Ok, cool. But still: what's the advantage of having the list of tuples
version of such a method? I don't see it. Hence I would go for applying
my patch and still wait for the merge with deb822 (hopefully happening
soon).

Cheers.

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