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Re: configuration files


From: ibotty <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:23:21 +0100

> If changing anything on configuration files, I'd vote for integrating
> CVS (or any equivalent repository) into the base configuration
> so that all admins can have properly upgrading configurations
> ( http://www.infrastructures.org/ anyone? )

well, cvs is (actually, diff and patch are) very bad suited for xml data.
most xml editors and toolkits store xml in ONE single line.

diff that, and you will see, why this is a bad idea.

. ..but with xml it is way easier to write a decent xml-diff/patch ;)

~ibotty



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