Around 14 o'clock on Oct 3, Michael Michael wrote:
> The big picture is I'd like to move towards a XML format for flat file view > and database for ui managers. Moving to XML helps a lot in moving on to a > system wide config data base. A zillion config file formats makes it > difficult to contemplate. If everyone would move to and XML format then > supporting config databases becomes possible. It doesn't take everyone moving to make this a useful idea; even moving a few systems to a common configuration language would help reduce the problem, and new systems could then see a clear direction in configuration file support. However, you're not going to get any help in this quest until you've generated a concensus among the community that this is a good and useful idea. That can only be done by providing sample implementations that fit neatly into significant existing systems. It's not that each project is lazy or stupid, it's that the work necessary to actually realize any utility is greater than any individual project can support within the framework of the project itself. > I would like to see happen in the unix world. It does require each major > subsystem developer to look beyond there needs. Considering most of the > responses so far I'm not sure thats going to be easy. If it were easy, we'd already be doing it. I'm all for XML-based configuration files (ref fontconfig), but I'm also realistic about the installed base of X configuration files and the existing community expertise in managing them. You can't throw that away lightly, instead you'll have to replace that with a more compelling solution. Keith Packard XFree86 Core Team HP Cambridge Research Lab _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
