Re: config system thoughts

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Tom Tromey wrote:
> 
> I read through your proposal.  I like it (except I do think a fully
> hierarchical namespace is required).  It is fairly similar to what the
> Debian config guys are doing.  I've been following that (with an eye
> towards getting it into Gnome) and suggesting various Gnome-related
> enhancements (e.g., notification).  It is a bit stuck right now since
> the guy who is working on the concrete design hasn't published it yet.
> 
> Maybe you could kick-start them a bit.  Would you mind if I forwarded
> your note to the config list?  I'll see if I can get them to put you
> on the list, too, if you want.
> 

Please do. I've read Wichert's proposal, and lots of this is inspired by
that. But I have no idea what they're doing as far as actual
implementation.

Havoc