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"W. Trevor King" <wking@drexel.edu> writes:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 10:19:35AM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Instead of a separate command for each output format, could we have
> > a single "produce a static report of the bug database" command, and
> > specify output format as an option?
> > […]
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> Do people like this architecture better than my be-xml-to-mbox
> approach?
I think this question is illuminated by the related question: Is mbox
output a static report, or another read-write data store?
It can technically be both, of course, which is why the question may be
helpful: it may help show what is the *conceptual* purpose of the mbox
output format for Bugs Everywhere.
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