Request for comments 3

[Yashodhan Barve]

Richard Lynch wrote:
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> Well I, for one, would be against such a change.  I prefer text
> configuration files.  They're simple to understand and simple to
> change.  I personally don't see the need for a SQL database in this
> regard.  Use relational databases when you need access to complex
> indexed data.  This is a classic SWAP  (a solution without a problem). 
> It you want to put a user friendly GUI on top of it that's fine as long
> as the underlying structure is simple text.
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> Richard
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I share Richards' view and would be against such a change. The text
files makes things like copying config files to another server, backing
up configuration easy.

It is also easy to diff your configurations with text files.
imho, why fix something that is not broken?

yashodhan