On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:40 AM, elij <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I don't see the need for this. > If you want to see 'new packages', just use the rss feed. > Dumping this in the rcp api seems... wrong to me. > > Hello Elliot!
Thank you the feedback! My opinion in this matter is that if I'd like to create a frontend program for AUR, especially console based e.g., or to create another API/backend for AUR, then the json interface/output would be more portable than parsing html/xml pages to get an option for a command line frontend to get the newly submitted/updated packages. Rss feed and this option are different purposes in fact. With this option from command line you could get anytime the newly updated/submitted packages, but with rss you see them continously. The first facility is really console based, but the second is webpage based, I think it's different or maybe I'm wrong. Summary, to do as many things in json interface as we can, it's a good idea in my opinion now, mainly for porting and easier parsing purposes. Best Regards, Laszlo Papp
