On Sun, 22 Nov 2020, Mouse wrote: <snip>
I think that would be another disaster. I would look for a design that supports the flexibility without invalidating old files and without so much fluff, or at least without *requiring* so much fluff.
Changing the file format also concerns me. It is entirely possible that some add-on software (such as is found in NetBSD's pkgsrc) will either directly modify inetd.conf or provide users with instructions to make modifications.
You started off speaking of being unintrusive. I find it hard to see how changing the config file syntax so as to invalidate existing configurations could possibly be considered unintrusive.
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