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Re: MPD spec
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Fri, 10 Mar 2000 13:37:28 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:

They can certainly be discussed by the community, but I will
be very resistent to changes that don't see as improvements
of the format.

I think part of the problem is that MPD files are currently being used
differently than they were originally intended.  Rui's ideas would
benefit a lot of people trying to make use of MPD.  But these changes
would defeat current uses of the format.

Steve



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  Re: MPD spec
 
Steve: (...) Yes. I think that the right format for these alternative uses is gzipped tar files. There is Open Source code available for reading this format, and there is no need to go through a specification and implementation process. Play well, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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  Re: MPD spec
 
Rui: (...) I do use it for "batch processing". (...) That's while I added the "NOFILE" meta-command at some point. I think it was Jeremy who made me aware of the need for that. (...) I think you could say so. I wrote the definition and the first (...) (25 years ago, 9-Mar-00, to lugnet.cad.dev)

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