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author | Jeff Hammel <jhammel@mozilla.com> |
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date | Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:51:34 -0700 |
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4 multi-level unified configuration for python consumption |
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6 API |
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9 TODO : document this |
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12 Configuration Files |
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13 ------------------- |
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15 Config files are useful for (IMHO) A. complicated setup; |
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16 B. reproducibility; C. being able to share run time configurations |
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17 The latter is only useful if the configuration contains nothing |
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18 machine-specific (e.g. the path to an executable might vary from |
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19 machine to machine) or if the configuration is overridable from the |
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