On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 08:04:11 -0400
Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 5:59 AM, Pacho Ramos <pa...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >
> > Currently, a problem is that everybody uses different formatting
> > for stabilization bug reports making them more difficult to be
> > parsed.
> >
>
> For clarity, are we talking about parsing by a human brain, or parsing
> by a computer program?
Both. If the Summary is structured properly, YOU can parse a list of
Summaries quicker[1] and a MACHINE can parse it more reliably.
> If the latter, would it make more sense to just break things out into
> fields, instead of carefully building a structured text field which we
> then have to carefully break back down? We might as well start
> sticking xml in the summary.
Now you're breaking the human interface with XML.
> If we're talking about human parsing, can you give an example of how
> variation makes your life more difficult today? I'm just trying to
> understand what we're trying to fix...
Reading through hundreds of Summaries. If the atoms and the request
variant are always in the same place, parsing by humans is MUCH quicker.
Why do I feel I keep pointing out the obvious (for around ten years
already)?
Kind regards,
jer
[1] Especially when it doesn't contain fluff like "please" or the
umpteenth variant on "stable".
