> Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> But where I expect Miguel to come unstuck is in the system management stuff.
> Does he really intend to patch ftpd, inetd, innd, apache, samba, NIS, etc to
> use a rational configuration system? I don't think so.
:) I had an interesting argument about this with a friend (who shall remain
anonymous unless he decides to pipe up)...
I think he's doing it the right way:
* Build the configuration interface and library. Make it solid.
* Build interpreters for all the "legacy" configuration systems.
* Talk to developers about it.
* Watch new apps built to make use of it.
* Finally watch other developers move towards it in the legacy apps,
negating the need for interpreters.
* Celebrate successful world domination.
It will take a while, but it is the Right Way. Look at Tridge's tdb code...
Already other developers are seeing it as a good idea, and integrating it
into their code (where before they'd have to implement it all themselves).
I think the most difficult developers will be those that already buck the
"trend" (or standard) of human readable configuration files...
- Jeff
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