[Zope3-dev] Re: RFC: ZConfig and other formats for ZCML

[Chris Withers]

Martijn Faassen wrote:
> Sure, but it's not my point. I don't think sysadmins, familiar with 
> Apache configuration syntax, are the audience for ZCML. Developers are. 
> Therefore, an important benefit of ZConfig syntax, familiarity from 
> Apache, goes away in case of ZCML.

Well, I can only speak for myself, but as a developer, I'm more familiar 
with .conf format and prefer it over xml for this kind of configuration...

> While many developers may be familiar 
> with Apache config syntax, not all are, and a random developer is more 
> likely to be familiar with XML anyway.

...hmm, not sure I agree, don't have any evidence either way though :-/

cheers,

Chris

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