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On 07/21/04 Donnie Berkholz wrote: |
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> Marius Mauch said: |
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> > I'm not completely opposed to XML although I see little use here, |
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> > but I see the big show stopper: Transition. We have a live tree as |
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> > well as a dozen tools (estimated) using the Changelogs, some of them |
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> > aren't even under our control (gentoo-portage.com and porthole are |
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> > popular examples). How do you plan to change the format in such an |
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> > environment? Without an answer to that question the whole issue is |
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> > academic. |
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> Wouldn't a new file called ChangeLog.xml solve this? If it exists, use |
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> it. If not, default to the old plain-text ChangeLog. |
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Not really. |
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How do you make sure a dev adds new entries the XML version if it |
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exists? (in the case of multiple/no maintainers or arch maintainers) |
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Tools would have to merge the logs internally to be useful. |
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Supporting both formats will be a real PITA. |
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Marius |
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