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by emmelaich 4221 days ago
You can bypass the issue by using the amazing Augeas project; a universal configuration API. http://augeas.net/

At the least a universal API provides a midpoint to moving to a universal format.

It really deserves more attention and use!

(One possible reason that it's not is that people might find it a little user-hostile at first.)