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Date:      Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:08:35 -0500
From:      Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
To:        Darren Pilgrim <list_freebsd@bluerosetech.com>
Cc:        freebsd ports <freebsd-ports@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Proposal for Authors / Vendors in ports
Message-ID:  <CAF6rxgnyqjjmSB57ytaP_243ijcd%2BZR7eJSDnfTmQMwmuPQyfg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <5287CA4E.3070104@bluerosetech.com>
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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).


-- 
Eitan Adler



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