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Date:      Wed, 28 Mar 2001 08:42:08 -0800
From:      Jack Rusher <jar@integratus.com>
To:        Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk>
Cc:        "freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: configuration files, XML?
Message-ID:  <3AC21460.B5E83111@integratus.com>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.31.0103281424230.12694-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>

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Jan Grant wrote:
> 
> Barring the usual problems of keeping source and output in sync, this
> gives you a (standard) semi-declarative way of describing the
> relationship between XML and .conf file.

  That's certainly a way to do it, and it's an interesting compromise. 
My primary objection is that I don't really like the idea of moving all
of our configuration data to a system that expresses one of my least
favorite properties of NIS; the configure/make cycle.

  If we can do it, I would sure like to make a more complete change.

-- 
Jack Rusher, Senior Engineer | mailto:jar@integratus.com
Integratus, Inc.             | http://www.integratus.com

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