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(...) I actually considered that when you made your original post. However, there are actually multiple different perfectly valid heirarchies, and for this reason I think the flat list is better overall. Here's an example with a different (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Looking at this some more... The script currently returns XML with 3 lists of distribution files: BASE - file ZIP - file ARJ COMPLETE - file ZIP - file ARJ UPDATE - file ZIP - file ARJ - file ZIP - file ARJ - file ZIP ... It could be argued (...) (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Thanks, Chris! I'll add this shortly. Steve (20 years ago, 2-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) In XML::Simple the root element name is controlled by the RootName option (RootName => 'string') (URL)_'string'_#_out_-_handy Chris (20 years ago, 1-Aug-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) There's no significance, AFAIK. The Perl module, XML::Simple, wraps the <opt> tag around everything automatically. I scanned the docs, but didn't see how to control it. Steve (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) I'm not really up on XML, but it looks fine to me. I do have a question, though. Is there some significance that I am missing to naming the root element "opt"? --Travis Cobbs (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) OK, the URL is still temporary, but the script should be more-or-less done. Have at it, look for deficiencies, bugs, etc. If you don't remember the options, try adding ?help=1 to the url. I haven't thought very hard about the XML format -- if (...) (20 years ago, 31-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Yeah, but I was thinking more for programs that were developed to support one dataset, and couldn't cope with a different model for distribution files. I know, I know -- require the coders to work more intelligently. ;) Steve (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) Pft. Make ptrelease support a library version field, which would be 1 for the current lib, and 2 for the new one. :) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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(...) That's one. :) (...) Michael had asked for that awhile ago. (...) Good point, I hadn't thought of that. (...) Hmmm, what *is* up with those dates? I'll go fix'em. (...) Yeah, I dunno. We certainly could go create ZIPs for those old updates. (...) (20 years ago, 29-Jul-04, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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