2008/5/25 Roberto C. Sánchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Sun, May 25, 2008 at 02:40:07PM +0200, Fernando Cerezal wrote: >> Hello, >> I'm thinking about advantages and disadvantages of write the >> description of the packages using XML. > > Personally, I would hate this. I've written too many ant build.xml > scripts to think that writing XML by hand is even a remotely sane thing > to do.
Yes, you are right. However, currently the translations of the Debian website are being done by hand, so there is the same problem and it works enough fine. Besides, the descriptions are formated using spaces, so * A description sentence with two lines and * A description sentence with two lines Are interpreted as two difference descriptions. And a change such as this do that, at least, 28 (the number of languages Debian is being translated) translators have to review the translations. However, something like <item>A description with lines</item> will not have that problems and will reduce the number of translations to be reviwed without real modifications. I think this method will help to reuse strings and reduce the number of strings to translate. And using this, we could do things like: <p>The program foo is used for help you in your task<p> <img src="http://logo_of_foo.jpg"> So, apt can ignore img tags, but programs such synaptic can offer a very much graphic experience. I think the current method for descriptions is very limitied. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > http://people.connexer.com/~roberto > http://www.connexer.com > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFIOV+e5SXWIKfIlGQRAh10AKCYpH+ESHW8H7RD4J0dYdabMgHZdgCfZNAL > 0ItGduqjWil437/bvIqK0aI= > =F6l8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]