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> > * Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o> [03/06/27 23:31 +0200]: |
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> > >I prefer plaintext changelogs. Maybe we can have both and make |
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> > >repoman parse plaintext files during commits and portage convert |
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> > >back from xml on request. |
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snip... |
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> XML is plaintext in the sense that a C file is plaintext: you can read |
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> and write it with a text editor, but that doesn't mean anyone and |
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> their mother can easily come along and read it. |
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I agree with this. I'd hate to see changelogs go to XML. Plaintext is |
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nice easy to parse and can be easily read anywhere. XML would just |
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needlessly complicate things. |
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