Re: Linuxconf
- To: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il>
- Cc: David Engel <david@ods.com>, John Goerzen Linux Expo Laptop <jgoerzen@cs.twsu.edu>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, "Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>
- Subject: Re: Linuxconf
- From: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
- Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1998 20:29:01 -0400
- Message-id: <[🔎] 19980601202901.H3613@test.legislate.com>
- Mail-followup-to: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, Shaya Potter <spotter@kby.netmedia.net.il>, David Engel <david@ods.com>, John Goerzen Linux Expo Laptop <jgoerzen@cs.twsu.edu>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>, "Rev. Joseph Carter" <knghtbrd@earthlink.net>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980602091807.31866C-100000@siva.taz.net.au>; from Craig Sanders on Tue, Jun 02, 1998 at 09:25:57AM +0959
- References: <[🔎] 199806012225.BAA11253@kby.netmedia.net.il> <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.980602091807.31866C-100000@siva.taz.net.au>
Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au> wrote:
> i am also not sure that editing the config files directly is a good
> thing. in fact, i think it is prone to error, with potentially
> disastrous results (the parser would either place arbitrary restrictions
> on what can be done in the config file or would make mistakes). IMO,
> the config files should be generated from a plain text template (i.e.
> the config file plus some markup language), merging in the config values
> stored in a config database.
This wouldn't fix the parser problems and would add another level
of complexity.
The proper solution would be to fix the parser.
--
Raul
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