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[Graham Binns <graham.binns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 22 May 2014 10:05, Gavin Panella <gavin.panella@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think there's a little too much structure in there to make a good
> transition over to command-line args.
>
> Also, support for passing in a config file is meant as a transitional
> mechanism for the unmanaged cloud installer. Once we have
> fire-and-keep-track-of-the-thing support via the API, we can move the
> installer over to using that, and remove this support (and the
> maas-import-pxe-files script as a standalone entity).
>
> Graham, assuming that jibes with your thoughts, we ought to mark use
> of a config file as deprecated in the command-line help, and the docs,
> as part of this work.

This fits my thoughts exactly; I've got a card on the board for doing just that.