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From: Thierry Thomas <thierry@thomas.as>
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Subject: Re: XML-based ports system ?
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On Mon 28 May 01 at 10:57:09 +0000, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> What are your ideas/opinions with respect to using XML for the ports system?
> *If* we want FreeBSD to be an XML-based OS in 5 years, then we could start
> working towards that right now. IMHO it would be awesome if FreeBSD would
> indeed use XML to replace a lot of custom file formats.

Such a project exists, for TeX / LaTeX distributions. Look at
<URL:http://ftp.fr.freebsd.org/FDNTeX/>.
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