[nimh-dev] Re: Thoughts on pmh

[Joel Uckelman <uckelman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thus spake "Jon Stewart": 
> > 4.  Simple, easy to use format files to replace replcomps and such (XML?).
> 
> I agree with the design goal. I would have leaned toward XML a while back, 
> too, but now I'm less than certain it is easy to use. It's too verbose for 
> hand-editing, methinks.

Here's the problem I see with replcomps: MH gives you something that is, I 
think, a Turing-complete scripting language for use in replcomps. There are 
going to be lots of things you just can't do with XML. I think the 
mh-format syntax is awful, but I do think we should try to preserve its 
functionality. Rather than using the mh-format language or devising a whole 
new language, could we just use raw Python in replcomps? We are using an 
interpreted language, after all.

> > 5.  Automatic periodic trash emptying (cron?).

This should be simple; we won't even need Python for it. We'll write a cron 
script and include that with the package.
 
> > stand.  Then we can open source the bitch.
> 
> 
> Yes. GPL or BSD is fine with me.

I'd prefer GPL.

-- 
J.


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