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1 configuration
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2 ===========
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4 multi-level unified configuration for python consumption
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6 API
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7 ---
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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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20 command line.
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26 http://k0s.org/mozilla/hg/configuration
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