On Fri, Mar 26, 2004 at 12:16:09AM -0500, seth vidal wrote: > I disagree and I also tend to follow the rule that if you find yourself > writing more than 20 lines of bash, you need to change languages - an > exception to this rule is init scripts. > > The other problem with the save format is: > 1. the separators are going to be a problem > 2. the storage mechanism will cause problems too > > When things start getting very complex, as there are no character > limitations on what can be in a package name, it's going to get hairy. > > Finally, I'd prefer if things for yum all stay in the same language, > having a hodge podge of languages is hard to deal with and it's just not > sensible in the long run. Believe it or not, we didn't really confer before replying (otherwise, one of us would have simply refrained). I'm a little frightened by the similarity of our replies :) -Michael -- Michael D. Stenner mstenner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ECE Department, the University of Arizona 520-626-1619 1230 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson, AZ 85721-0104 ECE 524G
