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From: Xavier Neys <neysx@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:14:51
Message-Id: 436BF8B6.6050804@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting by Danny van Dyk
1 Danny van Dyk wrote:
2 > Xavier Neys schrieb:
3 > | Discarding XML for the reasons some are using is like recommending
4 > | key=value flat .ini files because windows used it in the 80s.
5 > | They have to be parsed as well, and, as opposed to XML, you have to
6 > | check for unknown keys, double keys, missing ones, then you need some
7 > | grouping and you introduce [sections], which you have to check as well,
8 > | no doubles, no missing ones, no illegal ones, then you need a deeper
9 > | hierarchy and you use key=/path/to/another/file.ini...
10 > He suggested using a RFC822 style Header. Please stick to the facts...
11
12 Had you read that bit properly, you would have noticed I was quoting someone else.
13 Had you read the post to the end, you would have realised I understand that
14 and that I even support it.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o>