[et-mgmt-tools] ANNOUNCE: Augeas - a configuration API

[Jason Edgecombe]

Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:02:15PM +1000, Mike MacCana wrote:
>   
>> Using 'widely varying formats' is not 'valuable'. It's an unfortunate
>> accident that wastes everyone's time with various horrible bandaid
>> solutions, and occasionally makes destroying user data an 'accepted
>> limitation' of tools like system-config-named.
>>     
>
> Different formats suit different uses, and in any case I wouldn't
> trust the people who would develop this new "super-format" not to do
> something stupid like using XML.
>
> Rich.
>
>   
This sounds a lot like what gconfd was made for. How is it different?

Jason