Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:08:35 -0500 From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> To: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal for Authors / Vendors in ports Message-ID: <CAF6rxgnyqjjmSB57ytaP_243ijcd%2BZR7eJSDnfTmQMwmuPQyfg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5287CA4E.3070104@bluerosetech.com> References: <5283E4A0.6090107@pcbsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311132124560.48376@fire.magemana.nl> <CAF6rxgmdewA=jtWL-8dyGrzSFTkxM2P8jWDYYcXr4BXOEdgx_w@mail.gmail.com> <20131114073008.GG90670@droso.dk> <9D6E2358-4750-41D5-9B8C-F638C8B1E351@xs4all.nl> <CAF6rxgkJzj7YbBEuxOhTdMmb0NwZsgN-08OuMacT2ad%2BP=wSuQ@mail.gmail.com> <5285CC00.6010800@FreeBSD.org> <5285DA85.3040008@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311161601010.97748@fire.magemana.nl> <CAF6rxgm1zsPG5YnFH8NjdOr5HzY=mPFjOx_mQnqL8WFvYCR=nQ@mail.gmail.com> <5287CA4E.3070104@bluerosetech.com>
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On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: > On 11/16/2013 8:25 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: > That's parseable using the regex or literal matching built into every > scripting language, most programming languages, and your average human. Sure, but it requires extra tooling to make it work. I don't care which file the data are stored in, I just (a) don't want it to be free form (b) want it to be in some standard format. > If > you want to carry on about using an existing format, the above is CSV > (character-separated values)--one of the most well-established and > well-supported file formats in existence. Eh, the format proposed does not even come close to RFC 4180 (CSV). -- Eitan Adler
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