Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 09:10:59 +0200
From: Gert Doering <gert@...1296...>
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Subject: Re: [Openvpn-devel] [PATCH] Implement "status 4" (JSON) for
 management interface
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Hi,

On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 05:39:46PM +0100, Fran=E7ois Kooman wrote:
> Parsing CSV can be cumbersome in depending software, so instead
> offer JSON as well using "status 4".
>=20
> The "status 4" command uses the same keys/values as "status 2"
> and "status 3", just formatted as JSON.

So... we had a nice and long discussion about this last year, which I
think can be wrapped like this

 - JSON is nice because good parser support exist on the receiving end
   today

 - human readability is a plus for manually verifying output

 - if we do JSON, we should do it for management *and* status file

 - most voices argued for "do not require an external library"
   (for *creation*).  Not sure if we managed to convince David in=20
   the end, though :-)

... but then it just died off, and the patch is sitting in patchwork
(where I moved it to "changes requested" just now).

Is there interest in moving forward, or shall we just let it go?

gert
--=20
"If was one thing all people took for granted, was conviction that if you=20
 feed honest figures into a computer, honest figures come out. Never doubte=
d=20
 it myself till I met a computer with a sense of humor."
                             Robert A. Heinlein, The Moon is a Harsh Mistre=
ss

Gert Doering - Munich, Germany                             gert@...1296...

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