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Users do not automatically get new or changed config values upon upgrade

Open 1000TurquoisePogs opened this issue 2 years ago • 1 comments

Because zowe's server config is based upon starting with an example config file, and editing it, it is likely that users will create a working config file, and then not update it with every upgrade, even though they should because new zowe versions can come with new features and changes in desired defaults.

I say "desired defaults" because, since there isnt a default file, just an example file, there really isn't a default config.

We should move from an example-based config to a default-based config, using the multi-yaml feature here https://docs.zowe.org/stable/user-guide/configmgr-using/ such that the first file in the list can be zowe's default file, so that users will pick up new values & changes in defaults over time.

1000TurquoisePogs avatar Mar 30 '23 12:03 1000TurquoisePogs

for the idea of a defaults-based yaml, i started some work here https://github.com/zowe/zowe-install-packaging/pull/3356 but would be happy if others picked it up or gave feedback, because it's something i was only working on with spare time at the moment.

1000TurquoisePogs avatar Mar 31 '23 09:03 1000TurquoisePogs