The Strengths and Weakness of Fedora/RHEL OS management

[Shane Stixrud]

On Mon, 3 Apr 2006, Horst von Brand wrote:

> Some (simple) configurations can be described by a bunch of "Variable FOO
> gets the value BAR", others just cannot (sanely, at least). There is stuff
> like DNS, a web server for several domains, or the setup of a DHCP server
> for multiple nets, where you just can't pretend everything is one flat,
> uniform space. Configuration spaces have structure, and the whole idea of a
> configuration file with a non-trivial syntax is to be able to mirror said
> structure. The spaces aren't shaped equal, so either you end up squashing
> everything into some (unnatural) flat representation or you end up with the
> sum total of all (possible) diferent shapes (which is completely impossible
> for a mere human to handle). Sure, you can decree that configuration files
> are written in XML, which is expressive enough to create its own syntax on
> a file-by-file basis, but even that doesn't help one bit with the mapping
> of syntax to semantics (which /is/ the whole point, after all).

Have you even read how Elektra works or looked at the earlier 
multi-subnet dhcpd.conf examples?  There is nothing about Elektra that is 
flat nor does structure have anything to do with semantics! Elektra's 
format contains all of the functional elements required to EASILY 
generate dhcpd.conf in its entirety... this has been stated previously...

I am trying to decide if you are purposely being obtuse or just operating 
on pre-conceived notions... I am trying to give you the benefit of the 
doubt.  IF this thread has low value I dare say it is because of posts 
like the above that leads to distract and confuse the actual discussion.

Cheers,
Shane