augeas - reading/modifying/writing system configuration files
Neal Becker
ndbecker2 at gmail.com
Mon May 5 13:25:24 UTC 2008
David Timms wrote:
> 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 ?
>
Nice, but I think it would be nicer to implement this directly in python
(ducks...)
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