[cap-talk] How desirable / feasible is a persistent OCAP language?

[Sandro Magi]

Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 08:34 +1000, James A. Donald wrote:
>> Neither the registry nor etc/config have provision to
>> maintain, or even define, internal consistency.
> 
> I agree with this statement. That said, the registry is better
> than /etc/config (/etc/sysconfig?), because:
> 
>   1. It has a well-defined name space.
>   2. It has a schema for well-formedness. That is not the same
>      as consistency, but it is a step in the right direction.

Except the registry is also far less user friendly to view and manage 
than something filesystem based. Persistent data is only as good as the 
tools you have to manage it.

Sandro