2009/7/15 Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org>: > Hi Charles, > > Charles Gargent wrote: >> IMHO it makes more sense to have everything one way or t'other, I >> appreciate that converting everything to elements would break >> compatability, so would it be possible to convert the exitcode and >> reboot data to an attribute like so >> >> <remove cmd=' some command....' exitcode='any' reboot='delayed' /> >> >> instead of >> >> <remove cmd=' some command....'><exit code='any' reboot='delayed' /></remove> > > This would break an essential function of WPKG. It would not be possible any > more to define multiple exit codes with different actions (define success, > reboot, delayed reboot). Using attributes here would allow only one exit code > definition. So we need multiple exit code sub-elements to the commands. > > Moreover even this would break compatibility and needs coordination with 3rd > party tool developers (eg. wpkgExpress). > > So I don't think it's a good idea. I can't think of any benefit but the drawback > of this change is clearly visible. > > br, > Rainer > Ah Good point, I had forgotten about the multiple exit codes. |