Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:02:07 -0800 From: Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> To: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com> Cc: freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Proposal for Authors / Vendors in ports Message-ID: <5287F96F.9070704@bluerosetech.com> In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgnyqjjmSB57ytaP_243ijcd%2BZR7eJSDnfTmQMwmuPQyfg@mail.gmail.com> References: <5283E4A0.6090107@pcbsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311132124560.48376@fire.magemana.nl> <CAF6rxgmdewA=jtWL-8dyGrzSFTkxM2P8jWDYYcXr4BXOEdgx_w@mail.gmail.com> <20131114073008.GG90670@droso.dk> <9D6E2358-4750-41D5-9B8C-F638C8B1E351@xs4all.nl> <CAF6rxgkJzj7YbBEuxOhTdMmb0NwZsgN-08OuMacT2ad%2BP=wSuQ@mail.gmail.com> <5285CC00.6010800@FreeBSD.org> <5285DA85.3040008@freebsd.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311161601010.97748@fire.magemana.nl> <CAF6rxgm1zsPG5YnFH8NjdOr5HzY=mPFjOx_mQnqL8WFvYCR=nQ@mail.gmail.com> <5287CA4E.3070104@bluerosetech.com> <CAF6rxgnyqjjmSB57ytaP_243ijcd%2BZR7eJSDnfTmQMwmuPQyfg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 11/16/2013 2:08 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: > On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Darren Pilgrim > <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com> wrote: >> On 11/16/2013 8:25 AM, Eitan Adler wrote: >> That's parseable using the regex or literal matching built into every >> scripting language, most programming languages, and your average human. > > Sure, but it requires extra tooling to make it work. I don't care > which file the data are stored in, I just > (a) don't want it to be free form > (b) want it to be in some standard format. > >> If >> you want to carry on about using an existing format, the above is CSV >> (character-separated values)--one of the most well-established and >> well-supported file formats in existence. > > Eh, the format proposed does not even come close to RFC 4180 (CSV). Heh. Pre-coffee brain failure. :) It is, however, the same format used for headers is pretty much everything.
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