It means that PVM code says not “do this, then that”, but declares “what data we have” and “how it should look at the output”. Data conversion and transformation is a very practical task and the primary reason for PVM existence. Some cases cannot be described effectively with ...
Odd Fixes: It has a maintainer but they don't have time to do much other than throw the odd patch in. See below. Orphan: No current maintainer [but maybe you could take the role as you write your new code]. Obsolete: Old code. Something tagged obsolete generally means it has been ...