> everyone asking for a plain text format (or even an XML format) for > *storage* should be forced to get only that on their machines, but > should also be barred from complaining why their boot process takes a > minute instead of 10 seconds. and no: having plain text storage and > adding a binary cache is not a solution.
I always found this amusing. It's about tools and robustness not formats. The XML file is sitting as a set of binary blocks of data in a binary format file system indexed by tables set into a disk whose partition layout is entirely a binary format. You can't edit your disk raw with an XML editor to rescue stuff but rely on tools, yet apparently meta data for a desktop is different (even though its far less important if lost) Alan _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list