On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Alec Warner <anta...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > Many of the config files are large, and splitting them into segments makes > it easier to read. > Ah, no, impedance mismatch. Split configs are easy-- /etc/env.d/ took something like two minutes to grasp years ago.
To clarify, I was more dismayed by the whole "If you want to know the configuration run this purpose-built utility that ends up spitting out a bunch of text anyway rather than just looking at the files" part. If the _only_ way to get the config for something is ever to run a specific command specifically tailored for that purpose, then it's evidence of a truly shocking and advanced sadism (not to mention a complete and utter failure of software engineering as a discipline). Cheers, Wyatt
