On Fri, 2009-08-28 at 14:23 -0700, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 8/28/09 1:13 PM, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> >
> >> I thought the consensus was that we didn't want to get into supporting
> >> more formats. What does YAML provide that JSON does not?
> >
> > Readability and easy editing. All the power of JSON without the
> > annoying quotes, braces, and brackets.
>
> How many lines of code does YAML support add to the codebase?
>
> While I personally like YAML, it's not like it has broad industry
> support. And people wouldn't interface with the XML or JSON directly;
> they'd use a library for that. That's the whole point of having those
> outputs.
I am not keen on having YAML support.
Joshua D. Drake
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