Re: proplist [was: Importing xmlgrep into base]

[Aleksej Saushev <asau%inbox.ru@localhost>]

Adam Hoka <adam.hoka%gmail.com@localhost> writes:

> On Fri, 16 Apr 2010 13:04:29 +0300
> markucz%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
>
>> Flaming left aside, I think SDL[1] is a good choice - it's easily parsed
>> *and* it's human-readable and editable. It seems somewhat akin to what
>> named.conf uses though it has some XML-ish constructs. Not as good as s-exps
>> (yes, I know it's highly subjective) but still better than XML.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> [1]http://www.ikayzo.org/confluence/display/SDL/Home
>
> Again: WE ALREADY HAVE A NON-BINARY ON-DISK FORMAT FOR PROPLIB.

There's one minor problem with this format: there're almost no tools
around to deal with it, and the only tool in NetBSD is patched up.
As such, there's close to zero use of this non-binary format.

That it is already imported is a mistake.

And all this flame is about not making another mistake by importing
another patched up tool to deal with another one "non-binary format"
for any kind of data.

This is wrong approach. If you think that a tool is useful,
make a package and popularize it.


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