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Edward Avis
Date:
May 22, 2002 01:36
Subject:
Re: Module::Build design plans
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On Wed, 22 May 2002, Ken Williams wrote:

>I'm hoping to use YAML as the format for the metadata file,

>If anyone really thinks I really really have to use XML, speak up.

Well... yeah... I can't see any reason for expecting users to learn a
new markup format.  XML is not ideal but it's widely known and *good
enough*, just like Perl.

I suppose that using somebody else's markup language (YAML) is better
than making your own; then the wheel has been reinvented only once.  But
still, it seems like gratuitous incompatibility.

If there are technical reasons to avoid XML in favour of YAML, then
sure, go ahead.  If it's just a question of taste, then I would suggest
that following an established standard is more important when the two
conflict.  Just like you may not agree with perlstyle(1), but it works
out best when everyone follows it.  Although this is just my 2c.

At this point it would almost be relevant for me to mention
<http://www.langdale.com.au/SOX/>.

- -- 
Ed Avis <epa98@doc.ic.ac.uk>
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