Am Dienstag, den 04.09.2007, 19:59 +0200 schrieb Jan Kupec:
I think XML is well-suited for the machine-readable output and we should continue using it here. Current tag/attribute set will need to be extended and documented, a DTD will be needed. I documented the xml tags that I know in the wiki: http://en.opensuse.org/Standards/Zypper_Xml
The --terse option was inherited from rug, but not implemented until Thomas made use of it. I don't know much about how it worked (or works) in rug, though, but i'm sure it did not write XML. I suggest to start using --xml or --xmlout global option instead of --terse in the future. The --terse option can probably be dropped (but left available for the rug compatibility mode and implemented in rug's way). I would prefer --xml, because --xmlout limits to one-way communication. Perhaps we want to talk duplex in the future. For example when user input is needed for accepting licenses or solving dependencies.
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