[darcs-users] [darcs-devel] [patch641] Re-enable machine-readable annotate output.

[Max Battcher]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 6:25 AM, Owen Stephens <bugs at darcs.net> wrote:
>  * Re-enable machine-readable annotate output.
>  The code was commented out, see
>  http://irclog.perlgeek.de/darcs/2011-07-05#i_4062389 but I required it, and it
>  seems worthwhile to keep the feature enabled.

I played one of the "Grumpy Old Men" in the discussion alluded to in
the IRC log and I'm surprised that it was commented out, having
assumed it made it in. (I've even got that discussion starred as there
were things I had been planning to do with regard to it.)

Reviewing the log above, email thread, and my own notes on the subject
I am +1 on this version of machine-readable format being enabled, and
apologize that that may not have been clear in the past.

(I'm also still +1 on evaluating YAML (or JSON or other
"cleaner-than-XML" standard) to augment/replace --xml-output and for
future commands/tools where machine-readable structured output is
appropriate. In hindsight, a YAML output for darcs file annotation as
opposed to the given --machine formatter is likely a red herring, but
one for what in the IRC log is referred to as "Patch Info" might be
both nicer to look at/debug and easier to use than existing
--xml-output.)

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