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

[dams <da...@id...>]

"Jason Long" <jl...@me...> writes:

> 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.


well, that would be true if libconf was alone :)
But libconf is only a layer, another layer will be built on top of it, to
abstract the location and the unicity of the information.

> 
> 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.

ok, why not :)
right now the templates supported are :

XF86Config
Sshd
Samba
Shell (a tons of files are supported with this template then)
Apache
Values_section (idem, this is a generic template)

I think we are moving faster than you on the first layer, maybe it would be
good that config4gnu provides the upper layer

Now we have to discuss about this layer :)

What about some irc discussion?