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Re: [docbook] Ruminations on the future of DocBook
- From: "John R. Daily" <john at geekhavoc dot com>
- To: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 20:03:00 -0500
- Subject: Re: [docbook] Ruminations on the future of DocBook
- References: <878yspd1hn.fsf@nwalsh.com>
At (time_t)1054234676 Norman Walsh wrote:
...
> It's hard to articulate exactly why. I think it's because DocBook is
> showing its age. There comes a point in the life cycle of any system
> when adding one more patch is the wrong solution to every problem.
> Eventually, it's time to rethink, refactor, and rewrite.
>
> For DocBook, I think that time has come.
Ayyyyyup.
(I don't know that I'll have anything substantive to add to the
discussion, but I definitely want to offer moral support. I
think it borders on self-evident that DocBook needs significant
refactoring.)
--
John R. Daily
<email><mailbox>john</mailbox><domain>geekhavoc.com</domain></email>
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