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On 15 Dec 2015 10:35, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 6:19 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > a flat text file akin to /etc/passwd is not readable. xml is readable. |
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> u trollin' bro? |
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in this domain, it's harder to screw up xml and not notice (either human or |
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machine) whereas it's pretty easy to add/omit an extra : and not notice as |
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the file will be valid from a parsing pov. |
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quick, off the top of your head, which of these are correct ? |
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and tell me which field exactly each one is supposed to go to ? |
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and then reasonably expect new comers to read this and not choke ? |
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lp:x:4:7::/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false |
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lp:x:4:7:/var/spool/lpd:/bin/false |
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lp:x:4:7:/var/spool/lpd::/bin/false |
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lp:x:4:7::lpd:/bin/false |
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lp:x:4:7:lpd:/bin/false |
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lp:x:4:7:lpd::/bin/false |
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i consider this format simply a different form of hazing except we all lose ;) |
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-mike |
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