[dev] [commits] Horde-Hatchery branch master updated.

[Michael M Slusarz]

Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:

> Zitat von Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>
>> Zitat von Chuck Hagenbuch <chuck at horde.org>:
>>
>>> Quoting Jan Schneider <jan at horde.org>:
>>>
>>>> The point is that revision/commit numbers are the only means to
>>>> determine what has changed between my current config file and the
>>>> .dist version. It makes developers' lifes easier because we have to
>>>> update configuration files regularly.
>>>
>>> Maybe this is embarrassing, but I've never used them for that. I
>>> just diff my conf files.
>>
>> Which is quite annoying if you have many changes in your config
>> files, unless you diff *all* of them *before* updating, which is no
>> less annoying.
>
> Since I have a pretty strong opinion about this, does anybody veto if
> I'm going to revert this?

Yes - because I feel strongly in the opposite direction.  Ease of  
reading for admins is much more important.

Comparing config files to dist files is something that can be easily  
done via a small script.  Would have the added bonus of allowing  
scanning all config dirs at the same time.

michael

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Michael Slusarz [slusarz at horde.org]