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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

I am less convinced that YAML would be too much.  There are of course
different audiences and Lars points us to the lowest common
denominator ("how do i open this in word?") who is a troublesome
customer alright, but maybe not the most important one.

But for db configuration this is fine.

The bigger question is whether there are other things to configure,
but maybe that is a separate forward looking conversation.

On 12 November 2015 at 07:58, Jason Pickering
<jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lars,
> Yes, I see your point, and maybe even YAML is too much. Having two leading
> spaces could be too much to task.
>
> Anyway, I thought I would at least suggest it, but if a plain old properties
> file works, then lets not over-engineer it for the moment. I can just
> possibly envision a situation where you would like to specify a lot more in
> the properties file than just the database connection. But  that is not the
> immediate concern of course.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 2:23 AM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> What about at least using a standard extension like .properties?
>>
>> --
>> Morten
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Lars Helge Øverland
>> <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree that structure is nice. However, the intention is to keep this as
>>> simple as absolutely possibly. I think the average dhis self-taught sys
>>> admin is a bit familiar with good old property files but not so much with
>>> yaml or json, and the risk for people ending up with invalid config is high.
>>> I can foresee a flurry of dev list emails going like this:
>>>
>>> - "the system does not start"
>>> - "if your config file valid yaml?"
>>> - "yaml what?"
>>> - "just read up here http://www.yaml.org/start.html";
>>> - "no i don't need to invoice basketballs"
>>> - "can you post your config file?"
>>> - "yes"
>>> - "no don't include your password, now you must reset it"
>>> - "okay i set it to Pass123 now"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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