On Sun, 15 Dec 2013, Pavel Levshin wrote:
15.12.2013 23:09, David Lang:
ii) *don't even bother with the old-style config*. Double the effort,
triple the confusion. Even right now, everything supported (7.x and later)
works with new-style config. We tell everyone to upgrade, so it makes
sense
to concentrate on the new stuff that we consider better.
sometimes it's much easier to do the old-style config, and there are a lot
of docs out there with the old style (not to mention configs), we need
people to be able to understand what these existing docs and configs are
talking about. As well as how to convert from one style to the other.
Old-style config should be obsolete, and it's a pity if they are so much
easier, that it justifies mixing them with new-style. This is not to say that
old-style should not be documented. Obviously, if they are supported, they
need to be documented. But users should feel encouraged to use just one,
hopefully newer, dialect. This can be reached by following some rules in
docs. Something like this:
- When describing a feature, use only newer syntax;
- Then list all mappings from older to newer syntax separately, with
examples, to make migration simpler.
old style configs are going to continue to be supported.
new features may not get old tyle config options, but the existing old style
config options need to be explained in the same place as the new style.
otherwise new admins who need to figure out what their systems are really
configured to do are going to have a real problem figuring it out.
And trying to have people who don't understand what their configs are doing
convert them to the new style is a _VERY_ bad idea.
David Lang
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