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On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 02:41, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
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> On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 02:17:03AM +0200, Lars Weiler wrote: |
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> > * Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> [03/06/27 23:31 +0200]: |
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> > >I prefer plaintext changelogs. Maybe we can have both and make repoman |
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> > >parse plaintext files during commits and portage convert back from xml |
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> > >on request. |
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> > XML _is_ plain text. You can edit it quite simple with your |
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> > usual text-editor. Only that XML will give you the |
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> > advantage of "naming" texts. What is done now with a |
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> > special kind of formatting (date, name, mail-address, ...) |
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> > or indention will be surrounded by XML-tags. |
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> > If you prefer text without XML-tags it would be quite easy |
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> > writing a script that will translate the ChangeLog into the |
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> > "old" way and displaying it. Gernerating HTML-pages or |
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> > anything else is also quite simple. One of the benefits |
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> > using XML! |
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> > |
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> XML is plaintext in the sense that a C file is plaintext: you can read |
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> and write it with a text editor, but that doesn't mean anyone and their |
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> mother can easily come along and read it. |
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Ditto. |
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XML is like the new girl in school ... everybody needs to do her. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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