From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Eric Raymond Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 0/3] JSON/XML output for scripting interface Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:34:55 -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs Message-ID: <20100411223455.GA16622@thyrsus.com> References: <20100411112928.80010.1786.julian@quantumfyre.co.uk> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Sverre Rabbelier , Julian Phillips , git@vger.kernel.org, Junio C Hamano To: Jon Seymour X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Mon Apr 12 00:35:21 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1O15kP-0004bJ-7O for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:35:21 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753144Ab0DKWe4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:34:56 -0400 Received: from static-71-162-243-5.phlapa.fios.verizon.net ([71.162.243.5]:49198 "EHLO snark.thyrsus.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752982Ab0DKWez (ORCPT ); Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:34:55 -0400 Received: by snark.thyrsus.com (Postfix, from userid 23) id 279C320CD3D; Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:34:55 -0400 (EDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Jon Seymour : > [ And, yes, I understand that to making line-oriented formats a > backend would be a reasonably invasive change to existing code that > would involve a level of indirection and abstraction that may not be > to everyone's taste. ] For whatever my opinion is worth I think this is a good direction to go in. I think it fits the well-established git design philosophy of separating content manipulation (plumbing) from presentation (porcelain). -- Eric S. Raymond