Op 27-11-13 02:44, Joey Hess schreef: > Bas Wijnen wrote: >> Currently, many packages only do 2 > > (Citation needed.) > >> packages should implement parsing code for it in its config script. My >> point is that this results in needless code duplication. Therefore I >> would like to move this parsing code to debconf > > I'd think it would be obvious why it's not good design to put parsers > for every possible config file format in debconf.
I agree, but that's not necessary. There are a number of common configuration file formats (ini style, xml, shell script snippet) that would be sufficient for a majority of packages. -- This end should point toward the ground if you want to go to space. If it starts pointing toward space you are having a bad problem and you will not go to space today. -- http://xkcd.com/1133/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5295518e.2090...@debian.org
