On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 10:21:48AM +0100, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
Developpers want a system that can re-read conf files at blazing
speed (so
their app can read 20 times the same setting without impacting
performance), with low change impedance (so they can stuff last-minute
settings there or even change the format from version to version), and no
hard documentation requirements (yay for burying configuration access in
gconf-editor). They don't care if settings are not accessible without
writing dedicated tools/scripts because writing code is what they do for a
living.
In other words, the old cliche about developers making poor designers.
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