> I also have nearly zero experience with XML - but the > one-parameter-per-node approach "looks" cleaner to me.
I am concerned about readability when using a text editor as front-end. The primary reason that I mislike XML configs is that it often is extremely hard to read them without a dedicated tool. But... > Either way > though, XML is a fairly common thing - there has to be a best > practices approach. If going the XML route (which I also have to > admit makes a fair bit of sense), we should do everything to stick to > standards and best practices. I know that this will make it > significantly easier to write configuration frontends. ... well spoken! That's one of the obvious things I overlooked. I'll try to dig out best practices and if someone knows where to look, any help is appreciated ;) Rainer _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

