On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 05:14:13PM -0700, Bryce Harrington wrote:
> I haven't seen other examples of config file use elsewhere in coreutils,
> which was one reason I went with an env var for this POC.
>
> I'll bring your points forward when I present to upstream, and if they
> also like the conf file approach better, I can reimplement it that way.
> Is there another GNU package (in C) that implements a systemd-style
> config file approach that you'd recommend to use for reference?
Yes, it could be that environment variables just "fit" better with the
rest of the GNU software.
I tried to find other examples and most GNU software either has
configuration customs that were established decades before this model
became popular, or this model wouldn't even begin to make sense.
All the same, I've found this model handy for keeping track of the
specific changes I care about to other software -- and I'm tired of trying
to teach how environment variables work -- so it seemed worthwhile to
suggest it anyway.
Thanks
