On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Jason Pickering < jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lars, > Yes, I see your point, and maybe even YAML is too much. Having two leading > spaces could be too much to task. > > Anyway, I thought I would at least suggest it, but if a plain old > properties file works, then lets not over-engineer it for the moment. I can > just possibly envision a situation where you would like to specify a lot > more in the properties file than just the database connection. But that is > not the immediate concern of course. > > Okay. Yes we might want to add more config later and that is the purpose of having a general config file (instead of hibernate-proprietary). I think very complex configuration could also be defined as system settings and have a UI on top to make it simple to work with. Lets see what needs come up... > Regards, > Jason > > > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Morten Olav Hansen <morte...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What about at least using a standard extension like .properties? >> >> -- >> Morten >> >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Lars Helge Øverland < >> larshe...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I agree that structure is nice. However, the intention is to keep this >>> as simple as absolutely possibly. I think the average dhis self-taught sys >>> admin is a bit familiar with good old property files but not so much with >>> yaml or json, and the risk for people ending up with invalid config is >>> high. I can foresee a flurry of dev list emails going like this: >>> >>> - "the system does not start" >>> - "if your config file valid yaml?" >>> - "yaml what?" >>> - "just read up here http://www.yaml.org/start.html"; >>> - "no i don't need to invoice basketballs" >>> - "can you post your config file?" >>> - "yes" >>> - "no don't include your password, now you must reset it" >>> - "okay i set it to Pass123 now" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >>> Post to : dhis2-devs-core@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >> Post to : dhis2-devs-core@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Jason P. Pickering > email: jason.p.picker...@gmail.com > tel:+46764147049 > -- Lars Helge Øverland Lead developer, DHIS 2 University of Oslo Skype: larshelgeoverland http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org>
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