> Getting/setting single values in a plain text config file is cumbersome and error-prone What? The INI format is very simple and there are numerous libraries

> Getting/setting single values in a plain text config file is cumbersome and error-prone What? The INI format is very simple and there are numerous libraries that handle it cleanly in any language. > and even if there's a library which is able to read that particular format, it often clobbers comments and formatting. What? These are primarily machine-readable configuration files. Why is formatting relevant? And how are comments relevant to dconf, since it uses a binary format anyway? If a plain-text file isn't good enough, at least have the decency to use SQLite.