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Alec Warner schrieb: |
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> On 7/22/07, Robert Buchholz <rbu@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On Sunday, 22. July 2007 14:18, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: |
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>> > � wrote: |
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>> > > Hmm ... automation: |
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>> > > Without saying something on whether it would be useful or not, I |
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>> > > think that we should change the format to sth which can be |
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>> > > processed easily by programs (XML for instance). |
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>> > Yes, we could use s-expressions. They are as powerful as XML, but not |
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>> > so insanely verbose. |
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>> > > To ensure human readibility, one could keep |
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>> > > the text file and have the xml one addtionally. |
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>> > I don't think anybody wants to duplicate work like that. Anyway, |
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>> > s-expressions are easy to read for humans as well as computers. |
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>> Why does the (text based) format of the file need to change at all? |
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>> Can't the metadata just be optional comments that are interpreted if |
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>> present. This would keep upwards compatibility for older pm versions as |
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>> well as easy local (un-)maskings for users, as already mentioned by |
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>> James Cloos. |
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>> -R. |
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> I never requested to change the format, I merely wanted to add data |
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> and make additions go at the bottom. Other crazy people brought up |
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> the other formats. |
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> |
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> -Alec |
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It has been a proposal only ... :) As I thought that automatic parsing |
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of arbitrary textfiles is an ugly thing to do ... But if you like this |
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more *shrug* do it ^^ |
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- - Nec |
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