[Pulp-list] pulp.conf

[Jeff Ortel]

This was much needed.  Thanks, Jay.

Parts I'm familiar with - look good.  I wonder if [coordinator] and 
[tasking] sections can be combined.  If not, at least co-located.

These changes may affect the katello installer so we need to put this on 
the list of things to give them a heads up about.

On 03/25/2012 10:51 PM, Jason L Connor wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I took a little time (ok, a lot of time) this weekend and re-wrote our
> pulp.conf.
>
> Which means that I:
>        * Cleaned up and reformatted the file adding section comments and
>          explanations for all options in each, added entries for all
>          sections and options with the default value of each option being
>          assigned
>        * Reconciled pulp.conf with pulp.server.config._default_values.
>
> But I did not:
>        * Remove any configuration sections or options. I didn't validate
>          that all sections and options are still in use in our code.
>        * Check that I was re-introducing deprecated options. If something
>          was in pulp.conf, but was missing from _default_values, I added
>          it to _default_values and vise versa.
>        * Figure out what every option actually meant. There are a few
>          "XXX no explanation provided" comments next to options that I
>          couldn't figure out and various other "XXX" comments in
>          _default_values.
>
> What needs to happen now (or many eyes make all problems shallow):
>        * All developers should to take a few minutes and look through
>          both pulp.conf and pulp.server.config._default_values and edit
>          the options (mostly remove those that are no longer in use).
>          Please be sure to update the comments in pulp.conf accordingly.
>        * Also, if you spot one of my "XXX" comments in either pulp.conf
>          or in _default_values and you know the answer, please update
>          accordingly.
>        * In the future we (me too) need to keep these two in lock step.
>          If you add something to pulp.conf, make sure the default option
>          values are in _default_values and vise versa.
>
> I think we're in a much cleaner place to tackle Pulp v2 from a
> configuration standpoint.
>
> I hope you all had a great weekend and PLEASE help me (us) make these
> files consistent and correct.
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
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