[Freeciv-Dev] Re: RFC Metaserver overhaul

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On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 11:51:05PM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Nov 2002, Raimar Falke wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 04:24:52PM +0000, Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa 
> > wrote:
> > > I propose we format the information from the server to the metaserver
> > > in XML. Here is a sample of the proposed format minus XML info:
> > >
> > > <metainfo version="1.0">
> > >   <game name="Freeciv">
> > ...
> > >   </game>
> > > </metainfo>
> >
> > I propose using the ini format (as implemented in
> > common/registry). You can express the same. Advantage is that we have
> > an existing parser (and also writer).
> 
> For the server this may be true. But for a PHP metaserver it is not.
> Also, since we are bothering to use HTTP for the metaserver this time,
> why not use web formats?
> Besides, the server only needs to send XML, not parse it.
> 
> For the info requested by the client to the metaserver I was thinking of
> using an easily parseable format:

I don't see the point of having a specific format other than the standard
attribute-value formatting defined by HTTP POSTs.

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