On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:50:11 +0200 Luca Barbato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So how, specifically, is PMS "wrongly written", and why hasn't > > anyone who thinks so bothered to provide details? > > - rewrite it as an rfc using a markup among xmlrfc, docbook, guidexml.
What technical reason is there to use a markup that's more work for those of us doing the writing? Writing XML is a huge pain in the ass compared to latex. > - use EBNF when describing a syntax. Is there any indication that this is any clearer? EBNF gets messy when it comes to describing the whitespace rules, for example. > - split it and version each functional part. > > - define EAPI as an aggregate of those versions in a separate part. From a package manager implementer's perspective, that's a mess. It means looking all over the place to find relevant information on, say, what a package dep spec looks like. -- Ciaran McCreesh
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