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On 02/20/04 John Nilsson wrote: |
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> Would it be wrong for Gentoo to settle for a standardized |
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> configuration file format and implement it in the distro? |
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> I think the current situation is a mess and if we (through patches or |
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> upstream changes) could rely on a single configuration format (xml |
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> mabey) a lot of nice features could be engineered. |
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> 1. A standard parser library API for all apps. |
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> 2. Same frontend usable for all configurations. |
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> 3. A final solution to all config file upgrade problems. |
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> I know that this is a little outside the scope of Gentoo or Portage |
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> development, but the whole point of using OSS is the ability to mess |
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> with the source. I see no reason why Gentoo can not be a leader in |
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> distributon innovations... |
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a) no, as it's an impossible task |
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b) no, as different formats are suited for different purposes |
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c) no, as I don't think anyone has time for it |
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d) I don't see how the format plays a role for updating config files |
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as for b), surely some unification might be good, but there isn't one |
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format that fits for all applications (unless you don't care about |
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manual editing). |
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Marius |
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