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Re: configuration files
Jeroen Ruigrok/asmodai <asmodai@xxxxxx> writes:
> -On [20031211 19:32], Richard Coleman (Richard.Coleman@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> >My guess is something of this nature will never happen within the
> >confines of current BSD projects. You would never get enough people to
> >agree on the details, and the resulting bikeshed discussion would be
> >legendary. This is not a slam on any current project. Such a change
> >would be very disruptive with very little short term gain (most of the
> >gains would be long term).
>
> It's even simpler:
>
> XML is for ensuring data portability. A configuration file, in plain
> text, does not even qualify for this.
>
> Just using XML to write a configuration file in without using anything
> to do validation or schema control on top of it is a waste of a
> perfectly well-working system into something which just has the latest
> buzzword attached to it.
>
> I still need to see the advantage of doing:
>
> mouse_enable="YES"
>
> over:
>
> <mouse enable="yes"/>
When you see it in a beautifully formatted PDF document you won't think
this way :).
[/me runs away... :)]
>
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