[Opensim-dev] couple comments on configuration

[Melanie]

Mic Bowman wrote:
> * the [startup] section is essentially the region server
> configuration. would it make sense to rename it [regionservice] to be
> consistent with the other sections in the config?
> 

Not really. The region server is significantly different from the 
other servers.
Also, even the other servers have a startup section.

> * the opensim.ini.example still has database and provider
> configuration in the [standalone] section. aren't these subsumed by
> the service sections in the config-include directory (isn't that what
> config-include/standalone.ini provides?).
> 

Region data storage is not a service. It's still separate, although 
it is meant to become a service at some point.

> * the library file config variable is in standalone. isn't it also
> loaded by any region server? should it be moved to [startup] (or
> whatever [startup] becomes)?
> 

No. In any mode other than standalone, the library is read by the 
asset and inventory servers, I believe.

> * is there anything left in the [standalone] section other than the
> welcome message?
> 

Not sure if there is. Eventually, there shouldn't be anymore, but 
we're not there yet.

Melanie