On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 03:58:45PM +0100, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 10:38:33AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Jun 2016 10:58:37 +0000
> > hellekin <hellekin@???> wrote:
> >
> > > On 06/03/2016 10:42 PM, Florian Zieboll wrote:
> > > >
> > > > That said, I wonder, what information any
> > > > arbitrary init system would need, that can not be delivered e.g. in
> > > > a simple XML file, packaged with the daemon.
> > > >
> > >
> > > An XML file, however simple it may be, is probably the last thing you
> > > want to add to an arbitrary init system.
> >
> > Hi hellekin,
> >
> > That was my reaction, before realizing that his idea was to, just once
> > per config change, modify the XML and then run a user level program to
> > update the rc files or whatever.
> >
>
> Unfortunately, there is no such thing as "just...modify the XML and
> run a user level program to update the rc file" which has ever worked
> flawlessly. "Just... modifying" an existing XML is a nightmare for a
> human, which is why you usually leave it to tools, which unavoidably
> become complex and unmaintanable.
>
> I am absolutely sure that there is an easier and more maintainable
> solution than XML. We probably have to think harder.
S-expressions? CSV?
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ
>
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Re: [DNG] Init compatibility
