From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EXyJd-0005u2-JG for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 09:56:58 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jA49uFGs000793; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:56:15 GMT Received: from pop04.mail.atl.earthlink.net (pop04.mail.atl.earthlink.net [207.69.200.28]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jA49sSOw012220 for ; Fri, 4 Nov 2005 09:54:28 GMT Received: from h-69-3-122-209.dnvtco56.dynamic.covad.net ([69.3.122.209]) by pop04.mail.atl.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #10) id 1EXyHD-0000D6-00 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Nov 2005 04:54:27 -0500 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] GLEP ??: Critical News Reporting From: Tres Melton To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <436AAB79.4020700@ieee.org> References: <20051101015125.1cc45eb4@snowdrop.home> <200511011722.29840.jkt@gentoo.org> <20051101182506.4dd701f6@snowdrop.home> <436A1576.5070909@ieee.org> <20051103191642.1fbdbd9d@snowdrop.home> <436AAB79.4020700@ieee.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 02:55:16 -0700 Message-Id: <1131098116.15030.71.camel@thor.tres.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3df67ba8-1694-4772-88db-c9276b928b37 X-Archives-Hash: cc93c2a01027b6d1ed14be0eb4c99b15 On Thu, 2005-11-03 at 19:29 -0500, Nathan L. Adams wrote: > > You're just missing the fact that a flat file (or whatever it is you're > clinging to; for the purpose of this rant, I shall refer to your simple > data format as "flat file") has trade-offs, just like XML's trade off is > parsing overhead. XML was designed to solve certain problems; > portability of data, separation and portability of presentation from the > data, etc. Complexity in the parser is the trade-off. > Perhaps I'm missing something here but I thought the concept of --news is to get information in front of as many eyes as possible. It seems that information could just as easily be: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This upgrade is going to be a PITA and we highly recommend that you read one (or more) of the following resources before proceeding: http://www.gentoo.org/wherever/upgrade-instructions http://forums.gentoo.org/thread=whatever http://lists.gmane.org/link-to-mail-thread. You have been warned. Have a nice day. (tm) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This would have the simplicity of a flat file and all the functionality of XML at once so we can eat our cake too. Just a thought. > > Nathan > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDaqt52QTTR4CNEQARAoQ1AJ42ItHkJ37eFUY8rSoGpN/dVoKIFACeJi7b > KW6/pzn8VEKi3hO0Gqomsms= > =cSQh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Best Regards, -- Tres Melton IRC & Gentoo: RiverRat -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list