On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Thomas Güttler <hv@tbz-pariv.de> wrote:
> Am 01.10.2014 um 14:56 schrieb Collin Anderson:
>>
>> If you're a programmer or sysadmin, configuration should be done in files.
>> If you're not a programmer or sysadmin, it
>> should be done in the database.
>
>
> Why do you look the person for a decision like this?
>
> Wouldn't it be better to look at the data which gets configured here?
>
> I love git like most programmers love their version control system.
>
> But for most stuff config in DB is much better.
>
> example: INSTALLED_APPS
>
> Wouldn't it be really cool if you could add an app by pressing a button?
>
I have developed, maintained, managed and supported a generic ORM that
stores all details about how things are configured - models, fields,
classes, behaviours - in the DB for the past ten years, and I can tell
you that, no, it is not really cool, it is a massive pain in the
proverbial.
How your models and fields behave is not configuration it is code.
What models are part of a project is not configuration, it is code.
What folder a project is in, what credentials to connect to a
database, what proxy to talk to - these things are configuration.
They are all settings, but some settings are configuration, some
settings are part of your codebase. If you change what is in
INSTALLED_APPS, it is no longer the same project, but if you change
what DB server to connect to it is still the same project.
Cheers
Tom
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