[Config4gnu-developer] Re: [libconf] libconf, config4gnu

[Jason L. <jl...@me...>]

I apologize for not responding earlier. I've been delaying because I haven't
really decided yet. :)

However, I think our projects do have slightly different scopes. Here's how
I would explain it, and be sure to correct me if I am mistaken.

libconf-
 provides a library for creating / manipulating a configuration file. It
will know about the different formats. The user has to specify what file the
configuration setting is in, but doesn't need to know about the internal
format of the file.

Config4GNU-
 tries to provide front-ends for accessing configuration settings for the
whole system. Settings from all sorts of different files will be accessible
through a hierarchical data model. Users who want to make a setting change
don't need to know what file it's actually stored in or what the format of
the file. However, Config4GNU must know about the file and what format it's
in.

That said, I think there's a great opportunity for collaberation here. The
way I see it, libconf could provide all of the parsing of and manipulation
of configuration files for Config4GNU.

For those on the libconf list that are not familiar with config4gnu, check
out http://config4gnu.sourceforge.net. Also, a mailing list has been
created, for which you can sign up at
http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/config4gnu-developer.

Keep in touch...
Jason Long