On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > What's the point. To me that's just adding an extra redundant layer > that could have bugs. I see no point using binaries for configuration > whatosever. RAM is crazy fast and some SSDs are now as fast as a PIIIs > ram. How many nanoseconds does it take to parse config files??? > > Heck it would be fast on our spectrum ZX. > > The other argument is cross program similar formatting. To me that just > adds difficulty and a usage barrier to possibly very different programs. > > Qmail, dovecot and sudoers are all very different, it causes no > problem. Binaries and xml in odd multiple locations expecting > users to use a conf tool with rediculously long and custom non self > explanatory terminal lines does!!!!! > > I installed mint for a friend. It came with gconf. I had to > google and install dconf to configure lockscreen, WTF!. Configuring > gnome as an admin takes ages because it's custom. A textfile with > examples would take seconds!! Are you guys still discussing init systems? (I might have lost some context, if so: my appologies, and please change the Subject). None of initscripts, OpenRC, systemd or upstart use binary or XML configuration files. Gnome might, but that seems off-topic. If you wish you could always use KDE instead, which uses .desktop-like files (as does systemd for what that's worth). Cheers, Tom
