On 08/01/12 05:30, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 03:22:04PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: >> Ximin Luo wrote: > >>> OK, understood. I will take a look at creating a patch for copyright-format.xml >>> like you did. However, I think I would prefer using an explicit grammar instead >>> (e.g. the sort that programming language specifications use), because that >>> leads to clearer thinking and less ambiguity. > >>> Which would you prefer? > >> That's up to Steve, since he's the editor of the document. > >> I am personally of two minds --- on one hand, I would like to see the >> copyright-format released quickly, which means making only minimal >> changes to the document. On the other hand, an explicit grammar would >> indeed make the details of the spec easier to understand. > >> I guess if I were in your shoes, I'd keep a grammar in mind and make >> sure the text specifies it unambiguously but use plain text so as to >> make the changes not too invasive. > > It would be nice to have a formal grammar down the line, but that's also too > large of a change for 1.0. > Alright, I've set aside some time to work on this. I've checked out the SVN, installed the build-deps (docbook-utils tidy), will send a patch soon. X -- GPG: 4096R/5FBBDBCE https://github.com/infinity0 https://bitbucket.org/infinity0 https://launchpad.net/~infinity0
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