I'm not a developer and I know nothing about XML and so have no real
opinion as to what the file format should be. I am however woried about
comments like the ones quoted below. The notion that users dont edit
config files by hand may be all fine and good in the microsoft world but
last time I checked I was using linux. You can't make the same
assumptions about what users want to do as you can in the microsoft
world. Most linux users are "power users" and want to have complete
control over everything. If the XML can be kept relativly simple to read
and edit then fine but the end user should never have to use a config
tool if they don't want to. So please keep it as simple as possle. In my
opinion the readability of the config file should be a much bigger
concern then having a multitued of configuration programs out there.
Even the best config program will have it's limits and I for one don't
want to be constrained by them.
Sincerily,
Steven Lilly
Alan Cox wrote:
XML printed sensibly is ok for human editing (not ideal). Users dont
edit config files however they use apps to do this.
and
Users want config files that work, they expect to use applications to
edit them, and they also expect things like downgrading to work with
the same configuration file - which XML can do.
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