XML would have the advantage of having a grammar so we could validate the config files.
replyIt would also make it much simpler to make good GUI editors for the files instead of the Notepad approach most unix config files take.
The systemd dialect of INI is actually pretty well-defined though.
replyhttps://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/syst...
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replySince systemd is successfully parsing its INI files, and barks at you when you put weird shit into them, a grammar for them does exist as well.
replyXML is that wonderful format that gave us vulnerabilities like death by million laughs, up to a certain moment, you could MitM DTDs, and a whole slew of everything-XML stuff back when XML was like AI is today, none of which I miss today.
Oh, and remember times when programmers would argue whether argument order in XML files should be significant or not?
But XML books with their idealized XML future description did give me the same warm fuzzies as some intricate clockwork mechanism to a Victorian geek.
There are good GUI editors for XML?
replyTo be honest, I think either of those would have been better ...
reply/me cowers in fear
replyXML - I see you’ve used macOS’ LaunchD, the system that inspired Systemd
replyYeah, I'm a man of culture like this. However, systemd with its service dependencies runs circles around launchd in pretty much every aspect.
replyCould have been better.
replyCould have been XML Property Lists.
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