[Clfs-dev] Simplification of the XML

[Joe Ciccone]

On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 12:41 -0400, Andrew Bradford wrote: 
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Joe Ciccone <jciccone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2011-04-30 at 10:45 -0400, Andrew Bradford wrote:
> >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:24 AM, Joe Ciccone <jciccone at gmail.com> wrote:
> > One thing that I was just thinking
> > would really help is having the ability to show a block on all but a
> > specific arch. So, lets say something like this.
> >
> > <c:command c:multilib="true" c:arch="!x86_64" />
> > <c:command c:multilib="true" c:arch="x86_64" />
> >
> > Right now the filter is a positive filter only, there's no way to negate
> > a condition. Having that ability would certainly simplify things a lot
> > for when there's a command only for a specific architecture. thoughts?
> 
> A negative filter for arch would be handy (more so than the if and
> select) but I don't think it's a necessity.
> How difficult is implementing a negative filter?
> If it's brain dead simple, I'd say go for it.
> If it's rather complex, let's just try what you've got now.  If
> there's pain that arises where a negative filter would stop the pain,
> that would be a good time to look at implementing it.

It's not brain dead simple but it shouldn't be hard either. Just need to
change the logic around the filter. Will tinker around with it in the
future. I also have a few ideas for simplifying the stylesheet, but I
don't see the rush in implementing them yet. I don't want to introduce
any unnecessary complexities until I know exactly what the final format
will look like.

I'm ready to merge this in. I just want to make sure everyone is on the
same page, so far I've only heard from Andrew and Jim. Any objectors /
silent commentors floating around out there?

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Joe Ciccone