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On Sunday, 22. July 2007 14:18, Marijn Schouten (hkBst) wrote: |
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> � wrote: |
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> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- |
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> > Hash: SHA1 |
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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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