[Pardus-devel] Proposal

[Gürer Özen]

On Friday 29 June 2007 21:58:25 Nicolas Lara wrote:

> Proposal:
> To manage config files migration I propose using an api based in
> substitution rules using regular expresions and/or context free grammars.

> and have the changes recorded in a local subversion repository.

Is it really necessary to develop a new API, we can just use Python re module?
Or any other way which fits better to that package's config file formats. 
Changes can be detected by examining the config files before and after 
running the postInstall method.

Config management problem is quite complex, with many people requesting 
contradicting features. So it would be much easier to understand and to 
decide, if you present your proposal in the form of a spec document with 
problem statement, use scenarios, and requirements. Not something 
bureaucratic, but a big picture of what is going to happen in what situation 
(who will monitor files, why, what are the alternatives, etc).