XML Spec Files (Was: Nested %if's)

[Jaco Greeff <jaco puxedo org>]

Jeff Johnson wrote:
>>Now's probably a good time to start using %exclude in as many
>>packages as possible to promote people to upgrade to newer
>>versions of rpm.  ;o)
>
>
> Maybe. I suggest it's time to start planning on using an XML parser
> for spec files, and identifying a one-to-one mapping between existing
> spec file tokens and XML syntax.

I agree. The problem I just see facing using, using XML, is making the 
building process so much better, including dealing with issues such as 
nested %ifs. More to the point: how do these requirements translate into 
XML?

As I've give the XML -> spec file thing a go already, I think some 
thought needs to be given to these issues. Once we have it sorted out on 
paper, the implementation will be easy.

Greetings,
Jaco