From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 5 18:38:41 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CAA816A425; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:38:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@rulez.sk) Received: from virtual.micronet.sk (smtp.micronet.sk [84.16.32.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A986443D46; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 18:38:35 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from danger@rulez.sk) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by virtual.micronet.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABF210E65F; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:46:41 +0100 (CET) Received: from virtual.micronet.sk ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (virtual.micronet.sk [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 06656-12; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:46:39 +0100 (CET) Received: from danger.mcrn.sk (danger.mcrn.sk [84.16.37.254]) by virtual.micronet.sk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64BA310E658; Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:46:39 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2006 19:37:52 +0100 From: Daniel Gerzo X-Mailer: The Bat! (v3.62.14) Professional X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <436809901.20060205193752@rulez.sk> To: Hiroki Sato In-Reply-To: <20060206.013306.68033284.hrs@allbsd.org> References: <20060204210628.GA56334@tomas.elvandar.org> <43E538FA.6020308@samsco.org> <2410146308.20060205115220@rulez.sk> <20060206.013306.68033284.hrs@allbsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at virtual.micronet.sk Cc: re@FreeBSD.org, scottl@samsco.org, doc@FreeBSD.org, www@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re[2]: [patch] XML'ified version of release todo list X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Daniel Gerzo List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 18:38:41 -0000 Hi Hiroki, Sunday, February 5, 2006, 5:33:06 PM, you answered: > Daniel Gerzo wrote > in <2410146308.20060205115220@rulez.sk>: da>> Sunday, February 5, 2006, 12:30:02 AM, you wrote: da>> > advantages to switching our process to XML here? da>> da>> It should be a lot easier for people editing the todo list to da>> change for example the class from showstopper to testing, simply by da>> editing the class="" attribute in element in todo.xml and da>> the xsl template will take over other work for you. You don't need da>> to move a long part of html code down to the other section. Also, da>> it is possible to sort the list (it's sorted by Issue name now) > Well, I agree that XML is useful but I believe this sort of simple > .html-->.xml conversion has few advantages because .html is you probably meant disadvantages (otherwise it doesn't make sence for me) > simpler than .xml + .xsl + .dtd and many developers are familiar > with HTML. yeah, I agree here, but developers editing the todo list don't have to bother about .xsl and .dtd, they just need to work with todo.xml which is basically very simple. > So if we do so, I think we need to make clear the benefits. > I personally think simplification and/or improving reusability > can become an advantage, but since whether it makes editing easier > or not depends on who edits it and how frequently it will be edited, > it is not persuasive very much. well, the frequency depends on release periods in which these files will be edited, and since we switched in time-based releases this is even more clear how often it will be edited. Actually, why to have doubts about this if it is already done? :-) > -- > | Hiroki SATO -- Sincerely Daniel Gerzo