On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 13:21:33 +1000, Peter Donald wrote: >At 10:02 28/3/01 -0500, Sam Ruby wrote: >>Another metric to apply: the number of build files that would break vs. the >>incremental improvement in conceptual simplicity. > >I can't see us keeping any usable compatability anyways - not from the >discussion going on. I suspect that xslt will be a near necessity for >convertion to get all those nasty little buggers ;) >
I think XSLT makes sense in any case. It automates the conversion and documents it as well. It helps to avoid sporadic "what happened to XXX attribute" messages. Instead, we have a testable conversion process that we can enhance as needed based on user feedback. dave
