[Opensim-dev] Opensim-dev Digest, Vol 21, Issue 63

[Ralf Haifisch]

Hi Cristina,

just to make sure...

All this options to handle the .ini (masterfile, inifile, includes) are
optional and mixable, right ?

It is still (and will be) possible to use a monolithic one, e.g. until we
figures out a common sense in the splitting etc.  Am I right ?

Cheers,
Ralf

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Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 09:51:55 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Crash on HEAD during startup
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Mike Dickson wrote:
> Definitely things could be easier in the config area.  Maybe when the
> dust settles having a minimalist config with the things you really
> *have* to change vs things that could be run with the defaults and a
> full on example with all the possible options documented.  

Yes, that's the goal on my end. Those small XXXCommon.ini's in 
config-include are just the tip of the iceberg. Basically, separate the 
few *required* user data (like DB connection strings, server URLs, etc) 
from the optional, more advanced configurations. Then most people will 
only need to focus on the former, and ignore the 100's of variables in 
the latter. Or maybe have three levels:
- required settings,
- you-may-want-to-change-these settings, and
- stay-away-from-these-unless-you-know-what-you're-doing settings

> I have mixed feelings about the config include thing.  

It all depends on how we make use of it. This can be horribly 
complicated, but it really doesn't need to be.