>>>>> "FL" == Federico Lucifredi <flucifr...@acm.org> writes:
FL> It built, tested and installed all right on openSUSE 11.2 on my FL> laptop, nothing amiss to report. good. i uploaded a new version which fixed some stuff for perl 5.005. this should be the last beta before release. FL> Reading the article in extras, which I liked quite a bit by the FL> way, I noticed one thing missing: slurping configuration has a few FL> extra details (e.g. comments), it would be nice if you included an FL> example on how to import slightly more sophisticated config files. FL> The best example I know is "one config file to rule them all" FL> http://inthebox.webmin.com/one-config-file-to-rule-them-all slurping is the easy part. parsing is the work. i just wanted to show a simple and useful way to slurp key=value config files. anything more complex would need a heavier parser and code. FL> I like your module, but I mostly enjoyed the explanation of slurping, FL> pros and cons, you definitely do not see that every day. thanks. i wrote that a while back and it was published on perl.com. i think the synopsis or early in the pod needs to point out that article which is in the distro. FL> By the way, in the talk you mentioned the old "Sys Admin" magazine -- FL> Linux New Media has started a new magazine along those lines last year, FL> Admin Magazine: FL> http://www.admin-magazine.com/ heh. FL> The first issue was being distributed at OSCON IIRC. The editor is FL> a friend, if you are interested in writing for them, I can provide FL> you with an introduction (you know these things are mostly for the FL> glory of it of course... the payments for writing articles being FL> what they are these days :). Just thought I'd mention it, I think FL> you would be a good fit for them. i can earn better pay by begging on the streets! :) writing tech articles is very hard and painful. some can just do it easily, it is pulling teeth for me. i already have too much content i want to write for my own sites and such and that is always lagging. thanx, uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com --------- _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list Boston-pm@mail.pm.org http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
