augeas - reading/modifying/writing system configuration files

David Timms dtimms at iinet.net.au
Mon May 5 12:49:41 UTC 2008


Harald Hoyer wrote:
> _What is augeas?_
> 
> From: http://augeas.net/
> 
> Augeas is a configuration editing tool. It parses configuration files in 
> their native formats and transforms them into a tree. Configuration 
> changes are made by manipulating this tree and saving it back into 
> native config files.
...
> _Why should I switch my tool to use augeas?_
> 
> * not to reinvent the wheel
> * one source to rule them all
> 
* expect it to be included by default in f10+ {and el6+} ?
* expect it to become one of the mock build root packages ?

Why not ?
- is it a large library ?
- is it fast and efficient ?
- does it work on many arches ?
- when will it be considered production ready ?




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