Input requested - Optional configuration file(s) for YottaDB

[K.S. Bhaskar]

We would like to request your input on Optional configuration file(s) for YottaDB (https://gitlab.com/YottaDB/DB/YDB/-/work_items/1104#draft-release-note). By way of motivation, the goal is to make YottaDB more like Linux programs such as bash, which reads /etc/profile, $HOME/.bash_login, $HOME/.profile on login, or $HOME/.bashrc on process startup (which can be overridden with command line arguments or environment variables - see man bash or https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages//man1/bash.1.html) - but in a way that is suited to YottaDB.

We'll take your input in any form - thumbs-up or -down on the draft release notes; a comment in the work item; or an e-mail. One specific question: Is the level of flexibility this provides too confusing?

Thank you very much for your thoughtful inputs.

Regards

- Bhaskar

[Mark Sires]

Bhaskar,

I think this has merit, it would make YottaDB more approachable to people familiar with other databases.  I had to do some studying on the differences between libconfig and ini, and after that I don't see any advantage from a user perspective for either, the advantages of libconfig over ini are mostly for the developer of whatever is consuming the configuration file.  So I have no opinion or preference on which is used.

Mark

[K.S. Bhaskar]

Thanks Mark.

Regards

- Bhaskar