Request for comments 3

[Alex Broens]

On 7/23/2007 2:02 AM, Yashodhan Barve wrote:
> Richard Lynch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Richard
>>
> 
> 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?

Wasn't this about ADDING SQL support to MailScanner and NOT replacing 
the conf files with a DB layer?

Alex