Re: [Webmacro-devel] Template based config - a benefit

[Lane S. <la...@op...>]

Keats wrote:

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>Obviously this would take some discussion -- I don't know if we could do this for 2.0, but maybe 2.5?
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I am eager to close out 2.0 and leave for 2.5 template-centric 
configuration.

btw: I personally do a lot of app configuration with WM and believe 
there is a special role for it but I am not sure we are there yet. For 
example, I want some scheme which does not penalize every template with 
a global include blob. Don't believe we have designed a pathing or 
loading scheme for this yet.

-Lane

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>Keats
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>-------Original Message-------
>From: Marc Palmer <ma...@an...>
>Sent: 07/28/03 05:07 PM
>To: web...@li...
>Subject: [Webmacro-devel] Template based config - a benefit
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>Just a thought to throw in.
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>Template-based config would be very very very good because it would allow 
>people to #include common config elements from other projects.
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>Thus, it would allow modularisation of config. Template X has a list of
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>directives in it, Template Y has a list of tools to load, Template Z has a 
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>list of functions and so on.
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>This way you can mix and match your environment.
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>I seem to remember this idea of templates for config being raised quite a 
>few months ago and I think I was against it. I'm warming to it.
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Lane Sharman
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