Matt S Trout wrote: > John Napiorkowski wrote: > >> I think my project for tomorrow is to change all my >> YAML files to something like this :) --john >> > > New thread started so we can argue about the One True Config format. > > No its not about "One True Config Format", but rather about one goddamnawful format. I actually had a client complain about the YAML configuration file; they had to change the database username and password in the file and screwed up the format, hadn't made a backup and part of their production website was down for several hours until they contacted me. I changed the application to read a windows .ini file and they were happy (well they weren't too happy about the time the application was down).
I don't mind about XML files -- I'm sure the client could have worked out the pattern -- or other straightforwardly comprehensible formats, but the clients were totally flumoxed by YAML, and they needed to have the ability to change some configuration parameters. To my mind if the users have problems with some aspect of a system then its a design flaw. > Hey, it's friday afternoon :) > > Yep. Andrew -- Andrew Ford, Director Pauntley Prints / Ford & Mason Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] South Wing Compton House pauntley-prints.co.uk Compton Green, Redmarley Tel: +44 1531 829900 ford-mason.co.uk Gloucester GL19 3JB Fax: +44 1531 829901 refcards.com cronolog.org Great Britain Mobile: +44 7785 258278 _______________________________________________ Catalyst mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst
