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S=E9bastien Aperghis-Tramoni <maddingue@xxxx.xx> writes:
> Daniel Pittman <daniel@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> "A. Pagaltzis" <pagaltzis@xxx.xx> writes:
>> > * David Champion <dgc@xxxxxxxx.xxx> [2005-11-06 23:05]:
>> >> Can any of us even begin to guess how many Jos=E9s are shown as
>> >> Jose in IMD^H^H^HGracenote(tm)? I'll stop with that.
>> >
>> > Please do not mention CDDB.
>> >
>> > Not even on this list.
>>
>> Oh, but why not? Other than being produced before XML was hewn from
>> SGML ^W stone ^W^W^W invented, it is pretty much the Aristotelian ideal
>> form of hateful software.
>>
>> I mean, who wouldn't love a file format that sticks key information into
>> the comments? That fails to specify encodings? That contains random
>> crap in differing units without specifying what they mean, or are?
>
> Hmm.. Aren't you confusing CDDB with ID3 here?
Oh, no. Not at all. Take a look at a CDDB record some time.
In fact, let me highlight this for you:
# xmcd CD database file generated by Grip 3.0.4
Ah, the traditional '^#' for comments.=20
# Track frame offsets:
# 150
# 30817
# 55897
# 78250
#=20
# Disc length: 1536 seconds
Except here, where we have data that every single package uses stored in
what would otherwise appear to be comments.
DTITLE=3DMinistry / Ministry Box: Burning Inside + Jesus Built My Hotro
DTITLE=3Dd
Ah, random length limitations, and sticking the content of two fields
into one, with a delimiter between them. Hope you didn't want to use
'/' in the name of your artist anywhere...
> Granted, both are equally hateful in this regard :-)
Oh, yes. Hate, hate, hate.=20=20
Daniel
BonusHATE: FreeBSD ports. Why is it that the tools for dealing with
these all seem to suck?
There's stuff above here
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