augeas - reading/modifying/writing system configuration files

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams ivazqueznet at gmail.com
Tue May 6 19:47:00 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-05-05 at 15:08 +0200, Adam Tkac wrote:
> On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 02:15:02PM +0200, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> > _What should use augeas?_
> >
> > All system-config-* tools should use augeas, as well as every tool 
> > modifying system configuration files like e.g. NetworkManager.
> 
> If we are talking about modifying system-config-* packages I think it
> is time to think if system-config packages are good configuration
> utilities. I think not.
> 
> In my opinion we need one tool which will load plugins and
> configuration files should be modified through them. Every package which
> has configuration file will have simple plugin for one system wide
> tool and package maintainer should also maintain plugin for his
> package (because he knows about latest options etc).
> 
> I know this will need hard work but in the end things will be far more
> better.

+1

One of the good things to come out of MS is MSC (even if some of the
consoles themselves are awful).

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