Re: Editfiles Considered Harmful (was: Re: Complex Editfiles Examples)

[Alexander Jolk]

Eric Sorenson wrote:
> Seriously though, I would like to hear any criticism or feedback on the
> above -- if there's something that just doesn't fit into this model, or
> maybe some loon^H^H^H^Hfine person who feels as strongly Pro-editfiles as I do
> Anti-, I'd welcome the dialog.

Very reasonable arguments that you are citing.  I have one argument
*for* editfiles: it makes it very easy to see what has been changed. 
Instead of having a long config file in CVS, which is almost identical
to the `factory-supplied' one, I can have just two lines detailing what
I change.  But as you say, this only holds if I can be sure of the
file's previous contents, so my point might be moot.

Alex

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