Re: [hackers] [PATCH] [sent] Quick patch to replace png with farbfeld

From: ACE <a.mad.coder_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 18:07:01 +0100

> Farbfeld is an intermediate format that is easy to parse and emit.
> Sent can use pipe + fork + exec. This is similar to how tar handles
> compressed archives.

I feel like this introduces extra dependencies; but I suppose you're
right in that it handles compression. In the slcon2 presentation it
seemed like bzip2 performed well - which is cool.

I would like to add another point:

Imagine publishing the slides with farbfeld images to the public.

I don't see farbfeld as a viable format to publish data today. I'm not
hating on the farbfeld format, it just doesn't seem like it will get
the widespread adoption to be a viable format to use when publishing
data.

I would compare farbfeld with *.xdoc format; my machines currently have
no way of opening them. My current process of opening *.xdoc documents
involves borrowing a pc with MS word on it and convert it to PDF.
Why insist on obfuscating the data? (as in lack of support of using the
farbfeld format)
Received on Tue Nov 17 2015 - 18:07:01 CET