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Subject: Re: Documentation update about machine conf files
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Christian Gagneraud schrieb:
> I'm willing to update the manual, especially the section "Adding a new
> Machine". I would like to update the list or required variables (if it
> needs to) and add a list of optional but useful variables (see my
> previous post as well).
> But i'm wondering if the the file conf/documentation.conf is a better
> place and/or a new conf/machine/machine.conf.sample could be written in
> the same way as the conf/local.conf.sample one.
> ...

I would be really happy about an index of *all* variables usable in the recipes together with a desciption or a reference to it. I would prefer such an index in the wiki, but manual or documentation.conf would be fine too.

Steffen