[Zope3-dev] RFC: Use ConfigParser for High-Level Configuration

[Chris Withers]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> 
> At:
> 
>   http://dev.zope.org/Zope3/UseConfigParserForHighLevelConfiguration

Sorry, working offline, can't check, hope I haven't missed anything 
crucial :-S

> Is a proposal for using ConfigParser, rather than ZConfig for high-level
> configuration.
> 
> Comments welcome.

This smacks of re-invention for the sake of it. I happen to like ZConfig 
  a lot. The way it's used in Zope 2 is a little unpleasant, admittedly, 
but I think it makes a fine configuration language.

The xml required for the schema is pretty trivial if you're coming from 
zcmhell...

I must be missing some big reasons why you'd want to use an inferior 
config language and rewrite a big chunk of working, battle tested 
software, but I guess that's in the proposal..

Anyway, a big -1 from me, especially given the backwards compatibility 
issues prople like myself, with MailingLogger and a number of 
ZConfig-based, and Dieter, with his NNTP server and doubtless other 
things, will face.

Fred, FWIW, I was really really happy to see that generic section go 
into the schema, I just haven't had a chance to use it yet...

cheers,

Chris

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