Re: [spoon-discuss] The time has come, the Walrus said...

[bd <bdonlan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On Sunday 22 June 2003 01:06 am, Daniel Lepage wrote:
[snip]
> 1) Proposal Scripting
> 	A simple scripting language is devised to essentially automate the
> implementation of rule-changes in proposals. Nothing fancy, just forces
> people to use a format like,
> {{
> __<proposal name>__
>
> CREATE RULE
> {{
> __<rule name>__
>
> <rule text>
> }};
>
> REPEAL RULE {{ <rule number> }};
>
> AMEND RULE {{ <rule number>}} REPLACE {{ <<text>> }} {{ <new text> }};
>
> AMEND RULE {{ <rule number>}} REPLACE ALL {{ <new text> }};
> }}
> Then, a simple perl/python/even c++ script can handle all the rule
> changes in proposals.

Add a diff format - that's far less ambigous. If it's is rejected by patch, 
just shelve the prop with a note of which parts failed.

- -- 
bd
Some people have no respect for age unless it's bottled.
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