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Date:      Fri, 4 Oct 2002 09:19:23 +0200
From:      Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: expat2 in the base system?
Message-ID:  <200210040919.23226.znerd@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20021003222211.D14121@espresso.q9media.com>
References:  <20021002135749.4ba3abc3.marc@informatik.uni-bremen.de> <200210040049.05902.znerd@FreeBSD.org> <20021003222211.D14121@espresso.q9media.com>

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On Friday 04 October 2002 04:22, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> > If most file formats would be XML-based (yes I know XML should not
> > replace all file formats, but it comes a great way) then these formats
> > would be leveraged by the fact that there are a lot of XML tools
> > available, like XML editors and XML transformation processors (XSLT).
> > It's easy to convert from one XML format to the other, making the
> > generation of DocBook or XHTML documents a /lot/ easier.
>
> I've always wondered what a Makefile would look like in XML.

Just take a look at Ant and you know it :-)

   http://jakarta.apache.org/ant/

In ports: devel/jakarta-ant/


Kind regards,

Ernst

-- 
Ernst de Haan
Development Team Leader
Wanadoo Nederland B.V.

    "Come to me all who are weary and burdened
        and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ

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