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Roman Zippel wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Oct 2002, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>>Some things made me go eww (but on the whole details):
>>
>> - I'd prefer the Config.in name, since this has nothing to do with
>>   building, and everything to do with configuration.
> 
> 
> Fine with me.
> (jgarzik, I think you're overruled now. :) )


Well, my basic preference is

* something other than Config.new (the original name in your config system)
* something other than Config.in

I think it is a mistake to name a totally different format the same name 
as an older format...  even "config.in" would be better than "Config.in"...