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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:22:29 +0100 Jan Kundrát <jkt@g.o> wrote: |
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> | What's wrong with XML format similar to the one that is used for our |
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> | GLSAs? |
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> 1. Portage does not handle XML. Portage will not handle XML in the |
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> near future. |
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> 2. Many users do not have an XML parser installed. |
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> 3. The standard Unix tools cannot be used on XML files. |
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> 4. Bloat. |
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> 5. XML is merely adding another problem to the one we have already. |
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6. Ciaran is completely biased against XML (or anything that isn't |
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stored as a simple flat file) ;) |
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