From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 03:56:43 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50D8616A4CE; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 03:56:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from phantom.cris.net (phantom.cris.net [212.110.130.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D9A143D54; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 03:56:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua) Received: from phantom.cris.net (phantom@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by phantom.cris.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i2UBujZI060136; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:56:45 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from phantom@FreeBSD.org.ua) Received: (from phantom@localhost) by phantom.cris.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id i2UBuifq060135; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:56:44 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from phantom) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:56:44 +0300 From: Alexey Zelkin To: Eivind Eklund Message-ID: <20040330115644.GB59943@phantom.cris.net> References: <20040328094048.GA40406@phantom.cris.net> <20040330084618.GA2645@FreeBSD.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040330084618.GA2645@FreeBSD.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.9-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CFD: XMLification of NOTES X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:56:43 -0000 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/ */