Simon <turner25@xxxxxxxxx>: > Why not use an XML output? > Plain text is easier to parse, but XML may give this extra durability > you are looking for? Because XML is awfully heavyewight, and XML parsers tend to be slow. If we were going to buld on a metaprotocol, JSON would be better. IMHO. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/";>Eric S. Raymond</a> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html