Re: [Haskell-cafe] Standard package file format

Am 17.09.2016 um 08:57 schrieb Brandon Allbery:

On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 2:41 AM, Joachim Durchholz wrote:

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Changing the grammar always produces that kind of awkwardnesses. However, for a fair comparison, you need to actively look for things that work better with the alternate grammar before you conclude it's worse.

The burden is on you to prove that the massive upheaval of a switch is justified, not on others to prove that your preference won't work.

I do like YAML, but I know far too little about the various use cases to justify any preference; it's quite possible that it's not a good fit, but I can't really decide it. All I can do is provide knowledge about YAML, which in some cases was really necessary, and pointing out one-sided arguments such as Herbert's; doing a review of Cabal config usecases and see how well they map to YAML is, sadly, beyond my capabilities. Contributing the best I can and all that.