Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:19:54 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Idea for FreeBSD Message-ID: <86iquberlh.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20080807172650.GA56516@ravenloft.kiev.ua> (Alex Kozlov's message of "Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:26:50 %2B0300") References: <20080807172650.GA56516@ravenloft.kiev.ua>
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Alex Kozlov <spam@rm-rf.kiev.ua> writes: > Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> writes: > > [...] XML itself is too general-purpose: it has too much baggage > > designed for its primary function of facilitating interoperation > > between diverse systems in different zones of control, none of which > > is particularly applicable to system startup. > While in general I agree with You, I must note that We already have > xml parser (expat 1.95) for geom. See /lib/libbsdxml.so* Non sequitur. The fact that we have an XML parser in base does not make XML more (or less) suitable for the task. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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