Re: Incomplete xml output when using --xml to non-existent server

On 2016-03-03 10:31:52 +0100, Johan Corveleyn wrote:
> No, of course not :-). I just gave an example where the output was
> broken (host not found), as opposed to another error condition (server
> reponds "URL 'X' non-existent in revision Y") where the xml response
> is still valid. Ignoring implementation (which I always do when I'm
> arguing about behavior), this seems quite weird to me.

No, this is different. In the former case, this is a server or
communication problem: it is not possible to output the info
because it is not possible to know what it is. In the latter case,
the communication is successful, so that it is possible to output
the info.

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