At 13:14 02/05/2002 -0700, Shane Caraveo wrote:
>Andi Gutmans wrote:
> > Isn't this all a bit of an overkill?
> >
> > Andi
>
>#5 probably is, it's a nicety, but I think the other items are relatively 
>necessary unless you are dependent entirely on Apache, which provides 
>extensive configurability.
>
>#1 would allow scripts that only are used on 'command line' to be better 
>configured with seperate ini files.

I really don't like #1.

>#2 gets rid of needing a bunch of directories for multiple ini files, and 
>is very handy for #4.

#2 makes sense.

>#3 should be done irregardless (if it isn't already done), otherwise 
>server plugins will only be able to use ini files located in the os 
>directory.  If you run both Apache and IIS on the same system, you may 
>well want different ini files for the two.  That could be accomplised by 
>different installations as long as the sapi module detects it's own directory.

Not sure how you see this exactly. Can you expand?


>#4 is realy needed for systems running virtual servers under IIS.  While 
>you can configure ini in the registry, it's a pain, especially if you want 
>to give users access to edit their own ini file, or you want different 
>extensions loaded for different servers that run under seperate dllhosts.

Why not write a nice configuration GUI which edits your registry 
automatically? Sounds like a nice Windows project for someone on the list.

Andi


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