[kkirsche]

Ini files aren’t a standard though, so every language can handle them differently. As a result they often bite people using them in multiple languages in the foot

[digisign]

These are dev written and Python3 read files, the parser of which hasn't changed in a decade. Everyone knows how to write them. The parser is also lenient and handles both kinds of comment. That's enough for simple metadata.

We have a 15 year old setup.cfg in one project at work, many other .ini's... has never been an issue.