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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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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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