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Keir updated MNG-6061:
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Description: XML is often seen by developers as being verbose and
cumbersome, I was wondering if creating a new configuration interface to Maven,
using something like [YAML|http://yaml.org/] or
[TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml] would be possible, or is Maven too
tightly tied to XML for this to be feasible? (was: XML is often seen by
developers as being verbose and cumbersome, I was wondering if creating a new
configuration interface to Maven, using something like [YAML|http://yaml.org/]
or [TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml] would be possible, or is Maven to
tightly tied to XML for this to be feasible?)
> Alternative to XML for Maven configuration
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> Key: MNG-6061
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6061
> Project: Maven
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: POM
> Affects Versions: 3.3.9
> Reporter: Keir
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> XML is often seen by developers as being verbose and cumbersome, I was
> wondering if creating a new configuration interface to Maven, using something
> like [YAML|http://yaml.org/] or [TOML|https://github.com/toml-lang/toml]
> would be possible, or is Maven too tightly tied to XML for this to be
> feasible?
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