Hi Stephen, Thanks for taking the time to write both responses.
> On 7 Jan 2015, at 19:27, Stephen Balukoff <sbaluk...@bluebox.net> wrote: > > I think we defaulted to JSON because it's a well-understood way of > serializing data for use in a RESTful interface. I'm not familiar with > protobufs, and am willing to hear you out on reasons we should use it instead > of JSON-- but do note that what you're seeing is the result of some hard-won > compromises after extensive discussion, and we're *finally* (after several > months of this) getting to the point where we can divide-and-conquer on this > problem because we're achieving clarity and consensus on what the components > should be and how they should interface. We're going to be resistant to > changing certain details precisely because we don't want to re-open cans of > worms that we're just now getting sealed shut-- so unless you've got some > *really* compelling reasons here, we're unlikely to want to change things at > this juncture. I’ve pretty much summarised the reasons here at the following URL but I understand the reasons for sticking with JSON: http://linuxjedi.co.uk/posts/2014/Oct/31/why-json-is-bad-for-applications/ Kind Regards -- Andrew Hutchings - LinuxJedi - http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/
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