Configuration management, revision 4

[Martin Oldfield <m@mail.tc>]

>>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:

-> snip <-

    Joey>   use mail-reader, strn an nn could use news-reader).  This
    Joey>   shared tree can also be used as a default, ie a variable
    Joey> ! news-reader/nntpserver can be used by strn if
    Joey> strn/nntpserver does not
    Joey>   exist.

If you've got a hierarchy of things e.g. /root/news-reader/strn, then
why not just work your way up until you find it. In your example you'd 
look successively in:

	/root/news-reader/strn/nntpserver
	/root/news-reader/nntpserver
	/root/nntpserver

This is a bit like the much criticized default mechanism in X. Are
there lessons to be learnt from that ?

Cheers,
-- 
Martin Oldfield.


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