Re: Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-31 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 06:09:41PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Elliott Mitchell writes ("Re: Python in Domain Configurations"): > > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:59:55AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > > So, IMHO reducing config file from a full python (like

Re: Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-31 Thread Ian Jackson
Elliott Mitchell writes ("Re: Python in Domain Configurations"): > On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:59:55AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > > So, IMHO reducing config file from a full python (like it used to be in > > xend times) into a static file with w

Re: Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-31 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Mon, Jul 31, 2023 at 05:59:55AM +0200, Marek Marczykowski-Górecki wrote: > On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 01:28:24PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > > > > The only context I could find was 54fbaf446b and > > > https://wiki.xenp

Re: Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-30 Thread Marek Marczykowski-Górecki
On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 01:28:24PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > > > The only context I could find was 54fbaf446b and > > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/PythonInXlConfig which don't explain > > the reasoning. > > > > Would

Re: Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-24 Thread Elliott Mitchell
On Fri, Jul 07, 2023 at 03:13:07PM -0700, Elliott Mitchell wrote: > > The only context I could find was 54fbaf446b and > https://wiki.xenproject.org/wiki/PythonInXlConfig which don't explain > the reasoning. > > Would the maintainers be amenable to revisiting the decision to remove > support for

Python in Domain Configurations

2023-07-07 Thread Elliott Mitchell
There is a distinct weakness in Xen which ends up dragging in domain configuration limitations. I was thinking of using Python for parsing extra data out of domain configuration files. Only to find sample domain configuration files were in fact fully valid Python. Having experimented, it appears