From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 12447 invoked by uid 1002); 28 Jun 2003 09:56:22 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 20969 invoked from network); 28 Jun 2003 09:56:11 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Jon Portnoy Cc: Gentoo-Dev , Gentoo-Core In-Reply-To: <20030628004135.GA13225@cerberus.oppresses.us> References: <200306272248.38169.pauldv@gentoo.org> <20030627205605.GA1383@cerberus.oppresses.us> <3EFCB7C1.6060405@gentoo.org> <20030628001703.GI5488@celeborn.wh-og.hs-niederrhein.de> <20030628004135.GA13225@cerberus.oppresses.us> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-WsXZHOZbE6b0rw4vxeYr" Organization: Message-Id: <1056794239.8020.19.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.4- Date: 28 Jun 2003 11:57:19 +0200 Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] IMPORTANT: The proposal for the metadata.xml file X-Archives-Salt: f43de442-ed9c-4e05-b151-d286cdfda853 X-Archives-Hash: 3280465406527664cda265d819c77040 --=-WsXZHOZbE6b0rw4vxeYr Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-06-28 at 02:41, Jon Portnoy wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 02:17:03AM +0200, Lars Weiler wrote: > > * Luca Barbato [03/06/27 23:31 +0200]: > > >I prefer plaintext changelogs. Maybe we can have both and make repoman= =20 > > >parse plaintext files during commits and portage convert back from xml= =20 > > >on request. > >=20 > > XML _is_ plain text. You can edit it quite simple with your > > usual text-editor. Only that XML will give you the > > advantage of "naming" texts. What is done now with a > > special kind of formatting (date, name, mail-address, ...) > > or indention will be surrounded by XML-tags. > >=20 > > If you prefer text without XML-tags it would be quite easy > > writing a script that will translate the ChangeLog into the > > "old" way and displaying it. Gernerating HTML-pages or > > anything else is also quite simple. One of the benefits > > using XML! > >=20 >=20 > XML is plaintext in the sense that a C file is plaintext: you can read=20 > and write it with a text editor, but that doesn't mean anyone and their=20 > mother can easily come along and read it. Ditto. XML is like the new girl in school ... everybody needs to do her. --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-WsXZHOZbE6b0rw4vxeYr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+/WZ/qburzKaJYLYRAhSzAKCVlkn0WTIJdm8vj64A5Jj4A0J7fgCeI52X 7kRhiqUdEmKUw4g/Lx0did8= =L+S8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-WsXZHOZbE6b0rw4vxeYr--