On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 17:28:17 +1100
Basil Chupin
Could I please ask you to send me, privately if you wish, a reference (URL) to the article, or whatever, which contains what the developer of systemd indicated what you state above?
Your reaction is funny - Linda's, rather vague statement set you straight in a conspiracy mod :) Why is statement vague? Could be on purpose, or more likely, it is shortage of mid term memory, which is busy with self inflicted computer problems that are so "one of the kind" that no one else can help with. Configuration file format that has sections so that is easy to group and parse configuration items was used in Windows with ending .ini. It is the best known example of file structure: [Section1] Item1=Value1 Item2=Value2 [Section2] Item3=Value3 Item4=Value4 and so on. You will find such files all over the place, not only in Windows. I use KDE, so I see plenty of them. I bet Gnome is not different. Also, many other programs use them. They allow Item to be two, or more words as separator between Item and Value is "=", which is easier to read then CamelCase, or cryptic acronyms. The other way that is often used is directory.d/ 01-file1.config (with content) item1 value1 item2 value2 02-file2.config (with content) item3 value3 item4 value4 Some people like blue, some pink, and none of them is wrong for its choice, but also there functional advantages of one over the other, when there are few configuration options, then INI style is better, otherwise second style is better, and then there is a gray zone, with similar gain, where one can choose pink over blue, or vice versa. So Linda may, or may not give you reference, but that will not change what systemd developers will use. They have short files with few options, and it is obvious that for their users easy reading INI style is better. -- Regards, Rajko. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org