On Tue, 2006-03-28 at 14:56 -0800, Shane Stixrud wrote:
> >
> > Writing configuration files and configuration file parsers is boring,
> > frustrating, error-prone work. If elektra is the right solution we
> > should see new projects embracing it. After that happens, you'll start
> > seeing buyin from the established projects.
> >
> > How to get more new projects to use it? More language bindings would
> > definitely help....
>
> That may be the case, but for some applications say named, dhcp or ldap
> does it not seem reasonable that a generic configuration format may
> require a balance between putting less logic in the config structure
> requiring more of the application? If so I can see how this would be a
> turn off for some applications even though it may be an overall win for
> the system as a whole.
>
dhcp snippet (dhcp is not on here so hopefully this snippet is valid):
default-lease-time 21600;
subnet 10.202.46.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
use-host-decl-names on;
option log-servers 10.202.46.2;
host ws001 {
hardware ethernet 00:11:22:33:44:55;
fixed-address 192.168.0.1;
default-lease-time 10000
filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-1";
}
}
Here's the same thing in .ini style:
[global]
default-lease-time 21600
[10.202.46.0]
netmask 255.255.255.0
use-host-decl-names on
log-servers 10.202.46.2
[ws001]
subnet 10.202.46.0
hardware-ethernet 00:11:22:33:44:55
fixed-address 192.168.0.1
default-lease-time 10000
filename "/lts/vmlinuz-2.4.26-ltsp-1"
I'd argue that as the number of subnets and special case workstations
goes up, the ability of a system administrator to read and understand
the flat file is going to be markedly harder than for the admin to read
the custom-crafted dhcp-config syntax.
So if the end-goal is to keep the system-administrator's poor brain from
exploding while manually editing the files, I'd say custom-crafted
config files can be a win versus the generic one-size-fits-all approach.
-Toshio
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