Andrew wrote:
> Maybe I'm crazy, but I can't stand them.
Most people can't
> I don't think they add any value,
They allow other products which are frozen ("released to an audience") to
interoperate in a defined manner with your software. And vice versa.
If you don't care about that, then there isn't much reason to use XML (it's a
horrible language).
For the most part, I'd say that Cordova pretty much by definition doesn't care
about this. Moving the file from www/ to www/../ broke existing software
(amusingly including cordova serve). Cordova's view is basically that people
will update their tools to work with the new version. And that's fine, but it
isn't really a match for the promise of XML.
> and are a cause of confusion.
Absolutely
> So... I'd like to:
> A: Remove xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets"; from our config.xml template
> B: Change xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0"; -> xmlns="
http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0";
> C: Revert the commit that enforces the namespace to exist.
> Does anyone hate this idea?
I'm pretty sure we (BlackBerry) will have to do some work in response to this,
but that isn't a big deal.
If you're going to depart from the file format, why not switch to JSON?
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/visualstudioalm/archive/2014/02/06/json-debugger-visualizer-in-visual-studio-2013.aspx
even Microsoft is offering editors for it.
Is there any value that you see in Cordova using XML?
