Will there be breaking changes in reStructuredText format in the foreseeable future?
On Monday, July 31, 2017 at 6:50:47 PM UTC+9, K Dunn wrote: > > While no one will guarantee this for you, I can't foresee any reason why > you won't be able to open a text file 30 years from now. > > I've opened text files from the mid 90's (so ~20 years ago), and they are > readable and work as expected. The text file format existed prior to that, > so it has a really good track record for archival purposes. > > Whether or not you will be able to render RST is another question. You > could archive a copy of Python and its libraries required for the > rendering, but there's no guarantee that the rendered output would be > anymore - or any less useful - than text files. No one can tell whether > PDF, or HTML, or ePub, or any of the other rendered outputs will be able to > be opened then. > > > > 2017-07-31 7:55 GMT+02:00 egalitarian <crocka...@gmail.com <javascript:>>: > >> I'd like to write documents for long-term archival. >> >> For example, I want to write diary and read it after 3 decades. >> Perhaps, I get to live another 100 years due to technological advances. >> >> Will I be able to write diary or take note in reStructuredText and render >> it in 3 decades or 100 years? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "sphinx-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to sphinx-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to sphinx...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sphinx-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sphinx-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sphinx-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/sphinx-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
