Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:38:11 -0400 From: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> To: Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> Cc: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com>, Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r284198 - head/bin/ls Message-ID: <C88CB169-12FE-4692-92AA-5C7D41BB61DF@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <1434208622.1415.57.camel@freebsd.org> References: <201506100127.t5A1RdX6051959@svn.freebsd.org> <20150612204309.11dd3391@kan> <20150613024916.GA98218@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <1434208622.1415.57.camel@freebsd.org>
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On 13 Jun 2015, at 11:17, Ian Lepore <ian@freebsd.org> wrote: >=20 > If you would have told me a year ago that you had a simple scheme that > could make 30 years of experience maintaining code for unix-like = systems > completely worthless I would have been skeptical, but it seems we're > well on our way. There is a lot of heckling and unhelpful hyperbole in this thread. = Reading the xo_emit format strings takes a little bit of getting used = to, but the same is true of printf - it=E2=80=99s just that we=E2=80=99re = already used to printf. The structured parts (xo_open_container, = xo_close_container and friends) are clear and descriptive. The changes = are fairly invasive, but the benefits are also very large for anyone who = is wanting to automate administration of FreeBSD systems. If you have suggestions for how the libxo APIs could be improved, then = please let us know - Phil is very reception to suggestions but = objections along the lines of =E2=80=98it=E2=80=99s not what I=E2=80=99m = used to and changes sometimes break things so we should never have = changes=E2=80=99 are not helpful. David
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