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On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:39:25PM +0200, Johnny Billquist wrote:
> Jared D. McNeill skrev:
> >Users shouldn't have to edit config files. proplib enables us to build=
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> >tools to move away from having to do this kind of crap. The fact that=20
> >our plist format happens to be in a format that is easily modified with=
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> >a text editor should be viewed as a feature, not a bug.
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> You know, Microsoft Windows already have this approach, and I don't know=
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> how many times I personally, and people nearby, have cursed that.
> Being able to edit the file yourself, and actually know *everything* it=
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> says, instead of relying on tools that are doing things you have no=20
> control over is considered an advantage for some people.
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> If your sentiment reflects the way NetBSD will be going, I know a lot of=
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> people who will bail out pretty fast.
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> If we want to run Windows, Microsoft already have an excellent solution=
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> for us to use.

You're completely scrapping away the part where Jared says the file can
be easily edited in a text editor.

I can accept that people don't like XML.

I HEREBY REQUEST THAT WE REMOVE ALL PRINTCAP-LIKE CONFIGURATION FILES
FROM /etc BECAUSE YOU CANNOT EDIT THEM WITH JUST AN EDITOR:  YOU NEED
THE MANUAL PAGE OPENED AT THE SAME TIME.

Plus I find them _really_ ugly, probably even more than I find XML
ugly.  That's printcap, gettytab, remote, right?  Any other?

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"You could have made it, spitting out benchmarks
Owe it to yourself not to fail"
Amplifico, Spitting Out Benchmarks, Hometakes Vol. 2, 2005.

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