On 17 Aug 2011, at 15:07, Jason Smith wrote: > The .ini file that edits itself. There are probably some servers out > there which do that, but as you know, sysadmins expect /etc files to > stay put! Many use CVS to manage them, as you noted. > > Hence, I like the generated.ini idea because as a sysadmin, during > peacetime (couch is running fine) it is just an opaque file blob I > need to back up. During wartime (couch is crashed/misconfigured), I > can dig into it with emacs and troubleshoot.
Gotcha. :)