Yes, we have just been to KubeCon. Everybody is using YAML. Also, while looking at new libraries during research on MSS related stuff, all frameworks are using YAML now. Easy, minimal, lightweight config is where the world is today & XML is not the way to go. On a related note, minimal config or even better, zero config is what most people are moving towards.
On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 7:18 PM, Samisa Abeysinghe <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Ramith Jayasinghe <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> are we going to take into account the whole migration effort ( for >> existing users) and the possible learning curve? >> > > There is no migration required. It is a new product major version and new > platform version. And we are talking about product configs not artefacts > > >> >> I think we should review what exactly configurations we have (in each >> product) and how it will look in Yaml/Json? ( - and such a conversion would >> that lead to better user experience or just mess things up?) >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:37 AM, Thilina Piyasundara <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> IMO its better to move out from XML. But Yaml and Json have its own >>> disadvantages as well. In yaml you can mess the hole thing if you miss a >>> single space/tab. In json you can't comment out a configuration block. Its >>> better to have a UI to configure and save those configs in a yaml or json >>> format specially when we have to deal with lots of configuration files. >>> >>> By the way, windows systems and python programs use a configuration >>> format called ini which is an old way of storing configurations using name >>> value pares with sections [1]. >>> >>> 1. http://www.fcla.edu/z3950/everglades.html >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> >>> Thilina Piyasundara >>> Systems Engineer >>> >>> >>> Blog: thilina.piyasundara.org >>> Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/thilinapiyasundara >>> >>> WSO2, Inc. >>> >>> <http://wso2.com/> >>> lean . enterprise . middleware >>> https://cloud.wso2.com >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Paul Fremantle <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I agree. I downloaded the MSS and C5 distros and I found the XML >>>> configs made them seem a little outdated. >>>> >>>> Paul >>>> >>>> On 10 November 2015 at 18:06, Afkham Azeez <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I brought up this idea a few years ago as well and it got shot down, >>>>> and I thought of bringing this back again. More and more, we are starting >>>>> to notice that the world is moving or has moved from verbose XML based >>>>> configuration to more concise YAML based configuration. So IMO, from C5 >>>>> based products onwards we have to move to YAML based config. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Azeez >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Afkham Azeez* >>>>> Director of Architecture; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>>> Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ >>>>> * <http://www.apache.org/>* >>>>> *email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> >>>>> * cell: +94 77 3320919 <%2B94%2077%203320919>blog: * >>>>> *http://blog.afkham.org* <http://blog.afkham.org> >>>>> *twitter: **http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez* >>>>> <http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez> >>>>> *linked-in: **http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez >>>>> <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez>* >>>>> >>>>> *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware* >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Architecture mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Paul Fremantle >>>> Co-Founder, WSO2 >>>> >>>> blog: http://pzf.fremantle.org >>>> twitter.com/pzfreo >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Architecture mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Architecture mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ramith Jayasinghe >> Technical Lead >> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com >> lean.enterprise.middleware >> >> E: [email protected] >> P: +94 777542851 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Architecture mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Architecture mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.wso2.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/architecture > > -- *Afkham Azeez* Director of Architecture; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ * <http://www.apache.org/>* *email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> * cell: +94 77 3320919blog: **http://blog.afkham.org* <http://blog.afkham.org> *twitter: **http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez* <http://twitter.com/afkham_azeez> *linked-in: **http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez <http://lk.linkedin.com/in/afkhamazeez>* *Lean . Enterprise . Middleware*
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