On Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 08:04:41PM +0200, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: > On that note FWIW, at this point I've reviewed 4 libraries for mkfs.xfs: > > o libconfig -- we want to stay away from this [0] > o e2fsprogs libprofile -- its a fork of krb5 libparser, size-wise this is [1] > a best option, however its also a fork on its own, or > o libini_config -- my pick and what I recommend [2] due it supporting > uint64_t well, having a good new community traction, and a good set of > tests > o nfs: has its own incarnation of a library > > *Iff* we want to share the same library for mkfs.xfs and also a udev helper, > then a new requirement here is perhaps also having a respective library on > other higher level language like python for instance, if not now perhaps > for the future. Unless of course we'd expect such udev heleprs to be C > based. > > [0] https://gitlab.com/mcgrof/libconfig-int64-issues > [1] https://gitlab.com/mcgrof/libekprofile > [2] https://gitlab.com/mcgrof/libini_config-demo FWIW -- for a more thorough evaluation folks can read a bit more about configuration file uses for filesystems on this work-in-progress paper: https://gitlab.com/mcgrof/filesystem-configuration-paper/blob/master/paper.pdf It does not take into account the newly mentioned possible use case as this is new and just now considered. Feedback/rants on other points welcomed. Luis
