On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 19:18 +0000, Joe Desbonnet wrote: > Slightly related to this thread -- is there any policy regarding the > format of configuration files for new software or re-writes of > existing software. > > XML would be the obvious choice (it is both human and machine > readable), but I did see a recent post here that requested "anything > but XML". I can understand why someone would not like XML (not easy to > read, difficult to edit with vi without breaking the file). But one of > the things I hate about unix like OSes is that every application has a > different config file format, making writing admin tools very > difficult. > > If not XML then what? Obviously the project owner gets to choose, but > in the absence of personal preferences I think it make sense for > Fedora Core project to make a recommendation so as to make the > development of admin tools easier. > > Joe. I, too, second the "anything but XML" statement. A. Hard to read. B. Hard to edit using non-XML editors. (vim in my case) C. Tends to create needlessly-complex data structures. D. While can be accessed using shell scripts, it requires very complex and unreadable code. On the other hand, what does XML offer in return? Gilboa -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
