[Python-Dev] NEWS consolidation (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Wed, 10 Apr 2002 09:34:16 -0400

> > XML is never high on your list of suggestions. On the other hand, > > it's exactly appropriate for this task. > > Not if you ever want me to supply a news item again. XML is > unreadable and untypable.

Think of XML as a database format. The input could be in a formalized version of the current NEWS format, and the output could be whatever people wanted to write. It's not a bad database format for textual data. Better than pickles, IMO.

As long as I don't have to type the XML, I'm fine with it.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)