--- projects/cms/documentation/minutes/minutes-20001113b.txt 2000/11/15 00:43:23 1.4 +++ projects/cms/documentation/minutes/minutes-20001113b.txt 2000/11/15 02:05:53 1.5 @@ -22,6 +22,26 @@ to be a "funky" extra ;-) [tdb1: this will also solve security issues with unauthorised third parties changing settings.] +A standard has almost be devised for filenames of +configuration files. As it stands all hostname properties +will be get in a file with the following name; + +hostname.domain.properties + +nb. This will always be *lower case*. This is important as + some hosts (eg. stuE...) have mixed case, so having all + lower case saves confusion. + +However, any other config files (such as the filterManager) +can have any name in any case. The file itself will be of +the name format; + +name.properties + +So in the case of the filterManager this would be +"filterManager.properties". + +A standard should be defined here for concistency. Next point was whether or not we would support elements being able to be updated without restarting them, ie. a host