From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7624df5e57d09688,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-02 09:08:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!opentransit.net!border1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp3.aus1.giganews.com!bin2.nnrp.aus1.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Sender: Stephe@TAKVER Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: config files proposal From: Stephen Leake Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-GC-Trace: gv1-XEtzqAcdzvZSw9Tgj+uxQfqlk9ZdqEjIFpedGc= NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 11:07:53 CDT Organization: Giganews.Com - Premium News Outsourcing X-Trace: sv3-aCwcwx8BAd57yyEha3WUXMda+L3/86bPKrfytcrIXiJABLv/JQduytBX/SlztyjPJ8iDkSMEHQU2P4B!k5T6yP+rz+EcYlD28bn4dcmJkppgoACW7dVgWlag8qVkxL4tpVClFw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly Date: Sun, 02 Jun 2002 16:07:53 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:25207 Date: 2002-06-02T16:07:53+00:00 List-Id: I've posted a summary of the requirements and options for a config file standard, at http://users.erols.com/leakstan/Stephe/Ada/config_files.html I'm going to experiment with an XML implementation before I post a draft spec; I suspect using XML for the file format will have an impact on the spec. If I find XML too complex, I'm leaning towards the Java property style. Please comment on the requirements. Please don't say "just use the registry"; let's take that discussion as settled :). The consensus is we need both the registry and a simpler config file. I'm on vacation starting Tuesday (back the following Monday), so I won't be responding to comments till then. I'll try to catch up on all of this thread when I get back, but feel free to send me email directly at stephen_leake@acm.org. -- -- Stephe