On 1 May 2017 at 18:40, Ulises <[email protected]> wrote: > Not just for not technically minded people (and techies too) but also > easier (possibly) to handle during automated deployments.
How so? > You got my +1 here. > > U > > On Mon, May 1, 2017, 12:35 Daniel Gruno <[email protected]> wrote: > >> While having a cup of coffee on the balcony, I got to thinking - would >> it make sense for us to convert the PM UI configuration to yaml instead >> of a .lua file? It should make it less arcane to edit for non-techies. >> >> The config could be something like this: >> >> # ElasticSearch settings >> database: >> host: "http://localhost:9200/"; >> db: "ponymail" >> secure: false >> >> # Outgoing email settings >> smtp: >> host: "localhost:25" >> accepted_domains: >> - "apache.org" >> - "*.apache.org" >> >> # User Interface settings >> ui: >> wordcloud: false >> slow_count: true >> >> etc etc :) >> >> thoughts? Is that really easier for the non-techie? Besides, I don't think a non-techie should change anything in that file. Also it would require adding a YAML processor purely to read a single config file. -1 If the file really is tricky to edit as it stands, then better documentation is the answer. >> With regards, >> Daniel. >>
