+1 for anything *nix :P On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Melanie <[email protected]> wrote:
> There are both pros and cons to this: > > On the pro side, it gives one more way to set variable data into > otherwise static files, easing synchronization of configurations. > > On the con side, the syntax is awkward as hell and it' useful to > only a very small group of people (those who grok *nix) > > I think what clinches it is that nini has been dormant for so long > that the risks in a fork are negligible. > > So, +1 > > Melanie > > On 23/11/2011 06:34, BlueWall wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > About a year ago, I was working on the Fortis-OpenSim project and had > > started digging into the configuration system a bit. One of the things I > > wanted to to was provide the means to interact with shell environment > > variables during the configuration. So, I studied the insides of Nini > > and added support for the environment variables in a way that lets it > > deal with the shell environment like already interacts with > > ini/xml/registry configuration media. I tried contacting the Nini author > > to ask if they would incorporate the changes into their distribution, > > but Nini development has been dormant for some time and I never got a > > response. > > > > A few days ago, I had a conversation in IRC about environment variable > > support and decided to look at putting it into OpenSim. And today I was > > able to use the modified Nini to get it working. I have done some > > testing here and it works well. I want to push this to core, but I > > wanted to discuss the forking of Nini. How does everyone feel about > > that? I think having the ability to manipulate shell variables is pretty > > good for us, and seeing that the Nini development has been dormant so > > long it shouldn't be as much of an issue. If development starts back up > > on it, then I'm pretty sure we could get the changes into the > > distributed version. > > > > Thanks! > > BlueWall > > > > PS: for reference - http://pastebin.com/f3R0sk5N > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Opensim-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-dev >
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