On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 10:09:47PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > By also considering the fact that the "-d DIR" solution does not prevent > to add a "-l" in the future, I think minimality wins here (hence my > "Yay" to your proposal in separate mail). YMMV.
My only concern here is the introduction of yet more ad hoc, custom syntax into Debian data files. It's already annoying to parse such files, and every addition makes things more annoying. I dream of an alternative universe where Debian standardised on something like YAML or JSON for its data files. RFC822 style files weren't a bad choice, but I find them to be insufficiently extensible without pain. But in this reality, we've made our choice and we'll have to stick with it, so go for it. -- Schrödinger's backup hypothesis: the condition of any backup is undefined until a restore is attempted. -- andrewsh
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