[mythtv] Format of new post-0.25 config.xml

[Brian J. Murrell]

On 12-06-02 12:28 PM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> 
> On the other hand, we could remember what ignorance is like. We all did
> the clumsy act of throwing data at `mysql`, because everyone who teaches
> this stuff to themselves starts out in the same way, with Bash or other
> batch languages because they're simple, and what we're familiar with
> from tinkering in the command line.

And indeed, sometimes the data we want out is so simple that it's just a
single mysql query which simply begs for the mysql command line client.

> At some point, you're supposed to realize how annoying it is to access
> more than individual settings and values from the database, due to
> Bash's simple data model.

Fair enough, if your needs are that complicated.  Sometimes though, as I
said, a one-liner does it all.  It's just a shame that such a one-liner
now needs to suck in all of the overhead and complication of XML for
what is a very small, uncomplicated set of data.

Cheers,
b.

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