augeas - reading/modifying/writing system configuration files
Harald Hoyer
harald at redhat.com
Mon May 5 14:44:16 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+} ?
will be in rawhide soon and thus in F10
> * expect it to become one of the mock build root packages ?
why should it be? BuildRequires ftw
>
> Why not ?
> - is it a large library ?
$ ls -lh /usr/lib64/libaugeas.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 110K 2008-05-05 14:47 /usr/lib64/libaugeas.so.0.0.0
> - is it fast and efficient ?
efficient in reusability and stability
fast? where do you need speed? ok, maybe with you 500k /etc/hosts file :)
> - does it work on many arches ?
all arches we support.
> - when will it be considered production ready ?
well, as of now, it is pretty stable.
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