From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from exchange.colubris.com (gate.colubris.com [206.162.167.230]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CA8BAC3B1 for ; Mon, 22 Apr 2002 09:31:44 -0500 (CDT) Received: from corneille.colubris.com ([192.168.30.129]) by exchange.colubris.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.3779); Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:28:13 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Yannick Koehler Organization: Colubris Networks Inc. To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org, Alexander Gretencord Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Config Idea Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 10:31:41 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200204221620.23123.arutha@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <200204221620.23123.arutha@gmx.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200204221031.42809.yannick.koehler@colubris.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 22 Apr 2002 14:28:13.0750 (UTC) FILETIME=[EF8A2D60:01C1EA09] Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 149be661-dbda-42bc-a9ad-052efacf3d36 X-Archives-Hash: 15cde351db5f70087d3e592d5f04fd36 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On April 22, 2002 10:20 am, Alexander Gretencord wrote: > On Monday 22 April 2002 15:52, Todd Wright wrote: > > Either way, this is how it should be. We dont need all this extra (xm= l) > > pre processing. > > ACK > > > We just need a single config file (rc.conf) or a ../conf.d/ > > directory containing per package config variablle - but not both. > > Well I don't like the idea of a single file. It's easier to have a > directory with individual files so you can simply drop your file in the= re > if you need it. Just like the env.d. > > That two different paradigma are just confusing is (one point for) why = I > don't like SuSE. They got a sysv init system but it just doesn't matter > what you do to the symlinks, you gotta edit rc.config too. > > Alex Note that xml could still allow you to have multiple file or a single one= =2E =20 Xml is made such that part of a file can be parse with different rules th= an=20 other. There's also XLink that allow you to link xml content inside ano= ther=20 file this allow someone to create many xml file and a master xml file tel= ling=20 where to look for the content. This allow a choice about a single or multiple files. =20 The issue I think you want to refer to is duplication. Having a single o= r=20 multiple xml cfg files + backward compatible cfg file could be a cost tha= t=20 will annoy users. For that I have yet to think about something interesti= ng=20 but I'll try, maybe the solution would just be to generate the backward=20 comptaible files in hidden mode or in a hidden folder. That would make o= nly=20 advance users see them and play with them. - --=20 Yannick Koehler =20 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8xB7NfuKOJNEyL1URAiXxAJ4535HrrCAop0GcrR2oTDRVkQCgKQCeK1kp hSDpp2NahEpHR5dPERtjfmk=3D =3DhHF0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----