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On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 10:48:30PM +0200, Paul de Vrieze wrote: |
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> - The changelog. This probably will be a topic of debate. Initial |
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> implementation is not necessary for the herds system to function. The |
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> current changelog format though has some problems as the confusion about the |
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> format some months ago showed. With including the changelog into XML many of |
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> those issues could be resolved. It also would offer possibilities like |
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> querying user contributions or things like that. |
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> If it is decided to include the changelog into the metadata.xml file, |
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> echangelog should be changed accordingly. We further need a conversion tool |
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> in both directions. That should not be too difficult though. |
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I am not in favor of XML changelogs. I enjoy being able to easily read a |
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changelog without the help of external tools; I believe it is much more |
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convienent to have plaintext changelogs. |
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Jon Portnoy |
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