named.conf file in xml

[Tom Jones]

To say something is easier to parse is a preference and of course you  
have yours, obviously it's perl. XML is a standard and any conf file  
in my opinion should be moved in that direction, so that it does not  
matter what tool/language you using as long as it can support xml.  
That's the beauty of XML.

tom



On Mar 6, 2006, at 6:58 PM, Kevin Darcy wrote:

> Well, I find the existing "Perl-like" syntax easier to parse, so let's
> keep named.conf the same. For that matter, let's change all of that  
> XML
> gunk that's all over the Internet to the named.conf syntax, to make it
> easier for me to parse too...
>
> - Kevin
>
> Peter Dambier wrote:
>
>> Tom Jones wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Is it possible to change the named.conf file to a xml format? I find
>>> xml much easier to parse.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> tom
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> First you would have to change Bind. Bind does read it. Then you
>> would have to look for all other programmes that read or write
>> named.conf.
>>
>> I think it is in the registries mostly. Private programmes mostly.
>>
>> Then there are a couple of programmes reading named.conf and the
>> zone files.
>>
>> Why not forget Bind ond look for - or write - a replacement?
>>
>> Why xml? SQL makes a lot more sense if you deal with enough data
>> to justify a change. There are quite some replacements for Bind
>> that directly work on SQL. I think programmes that process xml
>> can work with SQL too.
>>
>> Regards
>> Peter and Karin Dambier
>>
>>
>>
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