-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:22:29 +0100 Jan Kundrát <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | What's wrong with XML format similar to the one that is used for our > | GLSAs? > > 1. Portage does not handle XML. Portage will not handle XML in the > near future. > > 2. Many users do not have an XML parser installed. > > 3. The standard Unix tools cannot be used on XML files. > > 4. Bloat. > > 5. XML is merely adding another problem to the one we have already. >
6. Ciaran is completely biased against XML (or anything that isn't stored as a simple flat file) ;) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDahV22QTTR4CNEQARArcBAJ9OKq5xfST4dCq0aUCLYw4DxUXdbQCbBPmD b02OM9czrkinjosTw4zCC5I= =Fr/5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
