At 06:55 PM 8/29/00 +0100, Roger Burton West wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 12:55:21AM -0400, Jeremy T. Bouse wrote: > I'm curious to find some differeing opinions pro/con use of XML for >configuration files... IMHO one of the biggest advantages of Unix is that configuration files are plain text and can be edited with vi on a console attached to a 9600 serial line... no matter how flashy the GUI, there _will_ come a time when you have to get your hands dirty, and at that point the simpler the better.
Is that a pro or a con for use of XML? Since XML is a way of structuring plain text, and XML files can be edited with vi on a console attached to a 9600 serial line, and needs no flashy GUI, it seems almost a non-sequitor -- or at the very least, a non-negative.
Not that I'm a maintainer yet, or even on the waiting list. -- Roger Burton West -/- roger@firedrake.org http://firedrake.org/roger/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org