On Wednesday 12 September 2001 17:30, Ben Burton wrote:
> > What about using XML instead?
>
> The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like
> it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree
> structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and
> What about using XML instead?
The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like
it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree
structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and edit by hand.
Having said that, I'm personally not fussed in t
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> The file will look similar to a debian control file; for
> example:
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What about using XML instead?
/Nils
> First: certain programs not running with certain JVMs. This can be
> addressed a lot quicker by simply having those packages either Conflicts:
> with that JVM package...
Not true. You can have several JVMs installed at once; having BadJVM
installed doesn't stop me from using FunkyApp with Goo
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 17:30, Ben Burton wrote:
> > What about using XML instead?
>
> The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like
> it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree
> structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect an
> What about using XML instead?
The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like
it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree
structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and edit by hand.
Having said that, I'm personally not fussed in
[ snip ]
> The file will look similar to a debian control file; for
> example:
[ snip ]
What about using XML instead?
/Nils
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> First: certain programs not running with certain JVMs. This can be
> addressed a lot quicker by simply having those packages either Conflicts:
> with that JVM package...
Not true. You can have several JVMs installed at once; having BadJVM
installed doesn't stop me from using FunkyApp with Go
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:35:41PM -0500, Ben Burton wrote:
> So. What I propose is to create a JVM registry.
Alarm bells start going off when I hear "registry". Not knee-jerk
"registries much suck 'coz M$ does 'em", but bells nonetheless. This
seems like way too heavy-duty a solution for the
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