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Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2003 22:49:42 +0100 (MET)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
> > I'm not even convinced it will become a full exporter if Larry finally
> > provides the kernel data via an open protocol stored in an open format
> > as he promised us some week ago, go figure how much I can care what it
> > will become after it has the readonly capability.
> 
> I think this is a fair request.
> 
> IMO a good start would be to get BK to export its metadata for each 
> changeset in XML.  Once that is accomplished, (a) nobody gives a damn 
> about BK file format, and (b) it is easy to set up an automated, public 
> distribution of XML changesets that can be imported into OpenCM, cvs, or 
> whatever.

Read: an XML scheme with a public, open specification?

Ask Microsoft how to `encrypt' documents using an `open' standard like XML...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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