Re: a debconf backend db finally...
In reference to a message from Joey Hess, dated Feb 25:
> Nicolás Lichtmaier wrote:
> > > been meaning to respond to this -- from talking to Joey it seems that
> > > it's not so much that the format is not flexible enough (I'd argue it's
> > > actually more flexible), but that the existing parsers in debconf are more
> > > suited to the format Joey posted earlier. I'll try to put together a bind8-
> > > style cdebconf compatible parser for Joey's consideration.
> >
> > Shouldn't we start exploring XML?
>
> No.
I don't think the config files should be in XML; OTOH a XML database may
make sense. Of course, none of the proposals preclude doing a XML DB...
randolph
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