[pacman-dev] package PKGINFO format vs DB format

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/9/19, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
>
> Which format do we like more?
>
> [
>     foo = bar
>     baz = blah
> ]
> vs
> [
>     %FOO%
>     bar
>
>     %BAZ%
>     blah
> ]
>
> And try not to think about where/when bash and python and things like
> that need this data - that's a non-issue as we can always write helper
> utils using libalpm's parsing if it becomes really hard for things
> like, say, namcap.

+1 for the first format.
I looks better IMO + it i s easier to work with bash, sed, grep etc.

-- 
Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)