From owner-freebsd-arch Mon Mar 26 20:55:52 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from point.osg.gov.bc.ca (point.osg.gov.bc.ca [142.32.102.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CF237B718 for ; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:55:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Cy.Schubert@uumail.gov.bc.ca) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by point.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.8) id UAA08375; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:55:48 -0800 Received: from passer.osg.gov.bc.ca(142.32.110.29) via SMTP by point.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpda08373; Mon Mar 26 20:55:33 2001 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by passer.osg.gov.bc.ca (8.11.2/8.9.1) id f2R4tRE63037; Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:55:27 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200103270455.f2R4tRE63037@passer.osg.gov.bc.ca> Received: from localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca(127.0.0.1), claiming to be "passer.osg.gov.bc.ca" via SMTP by localhost.osg.gov.bc.ca, id smtpdU63028; Mon Mar 26 20:55:07 2001 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.3.1 01/18/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 Reply-To: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group X-Sender: cyschubert To: greg Cc: Jack Rusher , Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , Andrew Reilly , Jordan Hubbard , jonathan@graehl.org, freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: configuration files, XML? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 26 Mar 2001 22:40:06 CST." <200103270440.f2R4eRr88969@katin.codeconcepts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:55:07 -0800 From: Cy Schubert Sender: owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <200103270440.f2R4eRr88969@katin.codeconcepts.com>, greg writes: > > > > Rather than stand in the way of progress, having the new config file > > > format adopted by most of the major vendors would go a long way to > > > mitigate many fears people have about a new super-config file format. > > > > We would obviously want everybody to join us in using the new > > configuration format/tools. I do think somebody needs to belly up to > > the bar and order the first drink, though. > > > > > Another way we can mitigate these concerns is to support two formats > > > until the other popular UNIX systems (Solaris, AIX, Tru64-UNIX, HP/UX, > > > > This strikes me as hard for the subsystems that don't have an API in > > place that governs how they access files. What are some of your ideas > > of how you would do this? > > > I apologize for not having followed this thread closely enough, but > it seems to reak of AIX/ODM. If for nothing other than the sake of > completeness, the merits and shortcomings of IBM's solution should be > taken into account. At the very least it would shed some light onto > the sheer magnitude of such an undertaking. The AIX Team here does not have much good to say about ODM. This is just anecdotal from sharing coffee with them. Regards, Phone: (250)387-8437 Cy Schubert Fax: (250)387-5766 Team Leader, Sun/Alpha Team Internet: Cy.Schubert@osg.gov.bc.ca Open Systems Group, ITSD, ISTA Province of BC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message