Bug#348971: qa.debian.org: please consider converting PTS to a CSS layout
ti, 2006-01-31 kello 22:32 +0100, Marc Haber kirjoitti:
> On Tue, Jan 31, 2006 at 09:45:14PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > * Marc Haber:
> > > the output of the PTS
> > > (http://packages.qa.debian.org/c/clamav-data.html) still uses a
> > > table-driven layout which is a bitch to parse.
> >
> > Why do you want to parse it in the first place?
>
> I want to check whether a given package has migrated from unstable to
> testing in a cron job, and this cron job should be able to run on a
> host that doesn't have a local archive.
I'm all for a CSS based layout. For automated use of the data, however,
wouldn't it make sense to provide some kind of interface that is
suitable for automated use? XML-RPC, or whatever, I'm not familiar with
the technologies in question.
(Just an idea. I don't unfortunately have time to help with
implementation.)
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