I'm gonna broach this subject again, but with a twist: Why not consolidate the two config files into one for a later release (after the upcoming 0.10)? It would ease the issue of having to maintain the config (only one to change if you decide to change ES settings etc).
I'm still in the yaml camp on this - I don't think the compiler error argument stacks up. You can just as well do a typo in Lua that won't be spotted as you can do one in yaml. They both have syntax that needs to be followed, and both allow for humans to enter the wrong thing in the right syntax. Yaml is understood by just about any language, both Lua and Python, though I would wait till there's a Python rewrite of the Lua scripts before we start switching to a unified config (we could have a simple converter for older installations). I have been toying with a unified yaml for a while, and to me it works great. There is currently nothing in the Lua part (or any python rewrite) that would require the config to contain actual code, thus nothing preventing a switch. TL;DR: Let's consolidate all the configs into one ponymail.yaml file with all the stuff needed. Then you'd only have to edit one file when you want to update your configuration. WDYT? This is merely a discussion on whether people think this is a viable goal, we can discuss the actual design of the file later on, if there's a majority in favor of this. With regards, Daniel.
