[cvsnt] Re: wanted: cvs responses in xml

Tony Hoyle tmh at nodomain.org
Wed Mar 26 23:17:39 GMT 2003


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JuanC wrote:

> My 0.02 cents.
> 
> I think XML output from the CVSNT server (optional, the default could
> still be the current output to provide backward compatibility) would be
> ideal. Using XML output would allow you guys to change the output (adding
> tags or attributes) without disrupting client programs that parse the
> output.

It would also be a total rewrite... it just isn't written like that.

Breaking compatibility with all the existing software (which is what you'd
have to do, there just isn't a way to do it otherwise) just isn't worth
saving 30 minutes programming time to write a parser.

Tony



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