[Clfs-dev] Simplification of the XML

[Joe Ciccone]

On 05/30/2010 08:03 PM, Ken Moffat wrote:
> On 29 May 2010 19:28, Joe Ciccone <jciccone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>   
>> My proposed change is simply an expansion on our current structure. Very
>> little in the actual layout will change, mostly files will just be merged
>> together rather then having way too many redundant xi:includes. Currently,
>> for each forked file we have one for every tag for every architecture. It's
>> ridiculous.
>>
>> I will implement this in a few sections of the book and see how it works
>> out.
>>     
>  When I was editing here, there were always two problems - people making
> a change without testing if it allowed the book to generate, and changes
> which accidentally broke other architectures.  Of the latter, I think I broke
> alpha at least twice.  So, if the change makes the book less fragile, it will
> be worthwhile.
>
>  The possible downside is that it makes the resulting files hard to read and
> navigate (similar to the #idfdef problems that have sometimes occurred
> in C code).  I have confidence in your judgement.
>   
It's been a while since I talked about this, I did get a chance to
implement it in a few sections, all the way through tools, it made the
book really really hard to read. It's just going to cause more problems
then it's worth, moving on.

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Joe Ciccone