On Fri Sep 24, 2004 at 12:5843AM +0200, Lukas Smith wrote:
> Greg Beaver wrote:
> >Lukas Smith wrote:
> >>generally I prefer using tags over attributes. just more readable and
> >>less error prone. so I would prefer to only move things into
> >>attributes if we really must.
> >
> >
> >I'm not sure it's a simple either/or, I'll try to explain why.
> >
> >For highly repetitive tasks like dependencies and maintainers, the
> >requirement of typing in a closing tag opens the door for tons of typos
> >
> ><user>cellog</usre>
> >
> >user="cellog"
>
> the point is that those typos will be easily spotted by pear
> package-validate ... the important bit is that we dont want typos in
> stuff that is enclosed inside the tags or inside the attributes. there
> tags clearly win over attributes.
I agree.
> also the added typing is offset by the
> fact that most people will be doing copy paste anyways.
I expect that people will also start using PEAR_PackageFileManager more
and more, which also means that typos won't occur very often.
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