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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 8:58 AM, 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.
>
>
Okay. Yes we might want to add more config later and that is the purpose of
having a general config file (instead of hibernate-proprietary). I think
very complex configuration could also be defined as system settings and
have a UI on top to make it simple to work with. Lets see what needs come
up...


> 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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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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