On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:10:21PM +0200, C. Gatzemeier wrote: > > Hello, > > Am Friday 20 May 2005 08:12 schrieb Tzafrir Cohen: > > The nice thing about elektra is that it allows you to add configuration > > to a package simply by adding files, which is very package-management > > -friendly. > > Isn't this like the current state with /etc files? > OK, besides one file per key as it is the electra idea IIRC.
Today you have to do that with .d directories an explicit include-s. You can't just install partial configuration for a different package. > > > CFG appears to require a running daemon to apply the config changes, > > right? > > Maybe that is the case with the WBEM provider version, AFAIK the layered CFG > is only a modular tool to edit configs on an enhanced abstracted level (node > hirarchy with properties). > > CFG "is just a tool that people can use to edit existing, plain text files > one > day, and the next day to edit them by hand if you > wish" (http://freedesktop.org/Software/CfgFAQ) Now think what happens when you add/remove/update a package with such a system. The package has to store all of its config information somewhere. When a package is installed it will probably drop a file in some directory, etc. So on a "package change" many configuration files have to be regenerated, even if there are only minor changes. This costs much and is error-prone. Take a look at SuSE's YaST. Whereas with Elektra, this whole "reconfiguration" mess is not needed. -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 +972-50-7952406 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
