>> A space separated list of the corresponding debian packages should be >> written in the field >> <remote-id type="debian"> </remote-id> > Why space separated? > Its already legal to specify the field multiple times, and it should > work better that way for consistency with things that can already parse > XML. > > That way there's no need to put an additional parser inside our XML > extraction. > > <remote-id type="debian">libfoo</remote-id> > <remote-id type="debian">libfoo-debug</remote-id> > > No? > > It also means general purpose XML formatting tools can keep it tidy, > _and_ sorted, without having to reinvent new tools.
That is a very good point. We should note it as you suggested, because it fits better to xml. Thank you. Best, -- Jonas Stein
