First of all:
Joern, thanks for the spring cleaning :)

Joern Nettingsmeier schrieb:
[...]

>> +1 to merge, but merge the whole structure.

+1, but IMO we shouldn't include the human-readable information
directly. We should add a link to a readme.xml, like Joern proposed
later on.

> the whole structure cannot be merged iiuc. publication.xconf is a
> Configurable data file, and the Configurable interface supports only a
> subset of XML - notably, mixed content is not supported, which would be
> natural for a "readme" section.

Well, if the technology doesn't support our needs, we should either
use a different configuration mechanism or refine the configuration
(see above).

-- Andreas

> 
> therefore my current approach is to allow only simple fields in
> publication.xconf.
> 
> i'm also thinking of providing a global "readme.xml" that is called via
> fallback. it can be used by developers to inform users about important
> changes and required tweaks, and publications could override it to add
> their own information.
> 
>>> lazy consensus in effect ;)
>>
>> based on what definition? I mean about many days are we talking? What
>> about weekend, business days, people on vacation?
>>
>> I think it's important to get this straight, otherwise it's just
>> meaningless
> 
> note the smiley. i was grinning because i anticipated the usual
> situation: /me starts hacking frantically, and everybody else is out of
> office until monday...
> it is not my intention to sneak something in without proper review and
> discussion.
> i'll post a patch for you to review before anything will be committed.
> at the moment, the patch is at 557 lines out, 258 lines in, with a
> slight gain in functionality (which is how i like things to be ;)
> 
> regards,
> 
> jörn


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