Re: How stable is reStructuredText format?
crocket <[email protected]>
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Will there be breaking changes in reStructuredText in the foreseeable future? On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Roberto Alsina <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:31 AM crocket <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If I wrote a document in reStructuredText, how long can I expect it to >> last? >> >> > It depends. > > Will there be a stable, maintained toolchain to process your text in 100 > years? Probably not. > > Will there be a stable, maintained tool to view the HTML or PDF output of > your text in 100 years? Probably yes, because there are enough things that > need to live a long time in those formats. > > Will there be a stable, maintained tool to open text files in 100 years? > Most likely. > > If you change those "100" to lower numbers, each one becomes more likely. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot