Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:56:44 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFD: XMLification of NOTES Message-ID: <20040330115644.GB59943@phantom.cris.net> In-Reply-To: <20040330084618.GA2645@FreeBSD.org> References: <20040328094048.GA40406@phantom.cris.net> <Pine.GSO.4.58.0403291205070.25730@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk> <20040330084618.GA2645@FreeBSD.org>
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hi, On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 08:46:18AM +0000, Eivind Eklund wrote: > On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Alexey Zelkin wrote: > > > At this point I would like to start some kind of discussion and listen for > > your ideas which features you'd like to see in application which will be > > handling these XMLs. > > I'd like to not have XML, please. XML is hard to read - there is way > too much repetition compared to content. If you have to change the You will be able to generate text-only LINT or NOTES and use old format for reading. > syntax, please use something more lightweight than XML (or make > absolutely sure we do not have to deal with the XML at the source level I do not see any point to invent any other formats in days when XML become de-facto standard for such kind of information. > in any way except when adding or removing devices/options to/from the > source tree.) You will need to modify XML file only, no source code intervention needed for any actions except adding new low-level features. But this is same way of intervention as changing config(8). -- /* Alexey Zelkin && Independent Contractor */ /* phantom(at)FreeBSD.org && http://www.FreeBSD.org/java */ /* phantom(at)cris.net && http://www.FreeBSD.org.ua/ */
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