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To: "Anthony J. Stuckey" <astuckey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Per Inge Mathisen <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Freeciv-Dev <freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: backward compatability of saved games
From: Vasco Alexandre Da Silva Costa <vasc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 23:45:47 +0100 (WET DST) 
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Anthony J. Stuckey wrote:

>       Is there any argument for XML?  Or is it just pointless bloat?

The argument could be that there are many existing editors and tools for
manipulating XML and these could be used for several purposes.

>       I have no problem with punctuated equilibrium style breaking backwards
> compatibility.  I agree with Mike that a separate utility to convert old
> savegames is a good idea.

I agree, but I think this should be done via a Perl or Python script.

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Vasco Alexandre da Silva Costa @ Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa
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