Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 09:59:54PM +1000, Russell wrote: >> IMHO, a registry would be ok if it was ascii/human readable, you could >> tell applications to ignore it, and no applications are forced or required >> to know about it. A set of utilities for examining and manipulating it >> would be useful too. > > Don't we already have a registry? Isn't it called /etc? Isn't a lot > easier to deal with it spread out a little for better description?
I think the idea would be to make it easier to use software (like debconf) to modify configuration data without overwriting the user's changes. Right now, unless a configuration file is trivially easy to parse, it's nearly impossible to use debconf to modify a file. The result is a file like XF86Config-4 containing something like: ### DO NOT MODIFY STUFF BELOW THIS LINE which is think everyone agree is not an optimal solution. -- People said I was dumb, but I proved them! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
