Re: XML for Packages.gz
> From: eichin@thok.org (Mark W. Eichin)
>
> Given that the file is already produced by automatic tools, no,
> converting it to XML doesn't add any magic. *Especially* if the
> conversion can be accomplished by a 100 line script - any tool that
> would benefit from an XML form can just concoct one...
>
...
> Feel free to prove me wrong by *building* such tools, and showing that
> they do something qualitatively more interesting :-) XML is cool, but
> it is not a substitute for actual work.
Are you XML-literate? If not, find out about XSLT.
Danie
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