Re: yum list available weird output

On Tue, 5 May 2009, Les Mikesell wrote:

> Seth Vidal wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, 5 May 2009, Gerry Reno wrote:
>> 
>>> I get your point. But people do scrape these outputs for quick scripts. If 
>>> you put it on stdout people are going to scrape it pretty much. Anyway, 
>>> I'll look at making a python script.
>> 
>> People do all sorts of things that are ill-advised. 
>
> But... wouldn't that include writing system management tools in a language 
> not known for compatibility across versions?

No, but it would include not pissing off someone who is involved in 
fulfilling feature requests in applications you use/rely on.

-sv