[Catalyst] YAML vs. *

[Jess Robinson]

On Fri, 9 Jun 2006, Matt S Trout wrote:

> I love YAML as a serialisation format for data transfer, but so far as stuff
> like config files that are designed for human write / machine read, I
> personally think it sucks. Massively.
>
> And for hysterical raisins it's currently our default config file formats, and
> I see users running into trouble getting their myapp.yml to parse right all
> the flipping time. So, I'm wondering if this is just me being a YAML-hating
> heretic or if other people are of the same opinion.
>
> A few (IMO) better options -
>
> Config::General -
> JSON -
> INI-style -

I've avoided actually using YAML so far, and finding out that its 
whitespace sensitive just makes me go "yuck" even more. (The module just 
had too many problems for me to bother looking at it before) .. I chose 
XML for mine, because all there is to set up is the DSN, so it's a 3-linie 
file.

JSON is just as bad as YAML for configurations IMO.

That leaves me with either Config::General, which seems ok, INI,  which 
probably needs contortions to define some structures, and XML, which 
despite themselves, many people know.

I feel a Catalyst::Plugin::Config::Admin or some such coming on.. I agree 
with whomever said that *real* end users should get a nice webby frontend 
with admin login.

Jess