On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 06:51, Uli Mayring wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Jul 2001, Peter Donald wrote:
> > We could merge these into one file (config.xml) that has a format like
> >
> > <application>
> > ...insert all of data from old server.xml here...
> > <blocks>
> > ...insert all of data from old config.xml here...
> > </blocks>
> > </application>
> >
> > The one objection to this was that the data underneat <blocks> is largely
> > unstructured while the rest is structured.
> >
> > What is everyones opinions on this? Is it a good idea? Is it bad? What
> > would you change? ;)
>
> The question is what do we gain, if we aggregate these files into one?
> Complexity isn't reduced, because all the info in these files still has to
> be there. Personally I find that I almost never change server.xml, but
> change config.xml quite frequently. I'd say if you were to get rid of all
> of the many files involved in an Avalon installation (.xinfo, server.xml,
> config.xml, assembly.xml), then that would be a definite cut down on
> complexity. But I'm not sure if that is possible or even reasonable, the
> files do have their purpose after all.
>
> But unless someone can think of a compelling reason, I'd say to leave the
> files as they are and save the users the work of updating their
> installation.
I kinda agree. There were three main reasons for doing this
* Reduction in number of different config files
* Consolidate the two config files as usually used by person with same role.
(ie Admins+Deployers both use them). This matches other pattern (ie
assemblers use assembly.xml, developers use *.xinfo and MANIFEST.MF etc)
* When we end up having "template" config files (ie files that start as
templates but deployers fill them in during deployment) there would need to
be only one template file. (Currently we require 2).
Thats said I don't really mind if the we keep it the way it is.
Cheers,
Pete
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