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Matthias Andree wrote:

> On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> 
> 
>>Make the whole thing ___***IDENTICAL***___ to CML1.
>>Do a formal translation of CML1 into CML2.
>>
> 
> This requirement is contrary to CML2's objective. CML2 is not about
> re-implementing CML1 tools and bugs in another language, there are at
> least two current projects for that, one of them is mconfig.


But making the translation in 3 steps make think easier:
- Change the engine (CML2), the rules are rewritten, but
   functionally nearly identical to old rules
   (Big patch)
- Change the rules (with a lot of small patches)
- Change the interface (not really need)

	giacomo

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