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Warren W. Gay VE3WWG wrote:
> I for one, would hate to be in that sort a support role. But
> even ignoring support roles, it is easier to describe an ini
> file change, than a XML change in a document.

Completely agree.
> I personally would like to see this registry-like data in a
> postgres database, with a smooth API to access/create/modify
> values. The disadvantage of course, is that this would require
> that Postgres be running on all hosts where your application
> goes. There is a fellow that is attempting to put all Linux
> configuration values into a Postgres database. I think I
> saw this in a Linux publication last fall. This approach will
> then make it easier to configure all aspects of the system
> from a GUI.

You can have much more than that as well. You don't need a database for
each computer. And one could have VMS style name translations. That
would be interesting.


And now; a nice short holiday. Back on tuesday.


greetings,