[Opensim-dev] Withdrawing preview config changes for now

[Justin Clark-Casey]

Chris Hart wrote:
> Perhaps start with baby steps - how about just a simple move to change
> opensim.ini.example and opensim.ini default locations out of the bin and
> put it in a config folder - I for one am tired of looking for config
> files in among all the rest. Can we do the same with the *.config files
> for the other servers too? 

Personally I would tend to agree with you, Chris.  My only fear is that unless we had some kind of destination in mind, 
taking baby steps could cause lots more update pain than simply doing lots of stuff at once.

> 
> While I'm here, one more idea - default save locations for a save-oar,
> or save-xml to a specific folder? Again, why clutter up the bin?

I think that's also a good suggestion.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Tommi
> Laukkanen
> Sent: 18 March 2009 18:49
> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Withdrawing preview config changes for now
> 
> I apologise that I linked the latter chapter to this specific thread.
> I should have posted it as a separate message as it was a more general
> comment on our decission making process.
> 
> I guess it sprung from my wonderment about how the decission turned
> out to be not to fix the overtly long config file in the way justincc
> suggested. I think that the decission did not take into account people
> like administrators and developers who use the system. Yes the
> framework code can be more complex but it can produce benefits for
> administrators and developers who need to deal with the long ini file.
> I would even say that almost anything which splits the file is an
> improvement to the current system.
> 
> Putting down an effort which tries to fix a problem at least can be
> said to be counter productive.  I should reformulate my message: We
> should in general suggest alternatives rather than just say "ouch I
> dont like this". Our vote has consequences and if we use it we should
> spend a little time to look into the issue and help the team to find a
> better solution.
> 
> -tommi
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