2009 Linux Plumbers Conference Call For Topics

Posted Feb 15, 2009 6:02 UTC (Sun) by russell (guest, #10458)
Parent article: 2009 Linux Plumbers Conference Call For Topics

How about configuration, and the storage of configuration data. Also, what should be in configuration data. Some people want lots of options and flexibility. Others want usability and GUI interfaces.

Can we have both? A usability layer on top of easy to find, parse and edit text files?

What about documentation?

Could plumbers develop something like the GNOME HIG but for configuration?

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Configuration and Storage of Configuration Data

Posted Feb 18, 2009 1:32 UTC (Wed) by PaulMcKenney (✭ supporter ✭, #9624) [Link]

You could go almost anywhere with this one! :-)

Making configuration more flexible and usable is certainly hard to argue with, and a HIG even for Linux kernel configuration parameters would be useful to me personally (and perhaps even more useful to the people who must live with the kernel configuration parameters that I create).

What scope were you thinking in terms of? Who would be the interested parties?