[WACKO] rc configurations in xml?

[Joel Rees <joel@alpsgiken.gr.jp>]

Been reading the archives about rc*.

I'm in the middle of setting mysql 3.23 up, and right now I'm calling
the sample mysql control script (/usr/local/share/mysql/mysql.server) from
rc.local and thinking that's not really clean. And my knee-jerk reaction
was to make an rc.local.d or something, and copy the mysql.server sample
into there (and probably customize it a bit). And then call that script
from rc.local.

I get the impression that the primary argument against using a
subdirectory such as rc.d to put collect all is that openbsd is not
intended to become a framework for washing the laundry and putting out
the cat. (So to speak.) The number of daemons/services running should
not grow so much that the current set of scripts become unmanageable. 
(And those who want their computers to walk the dog for them can either
run freebsd or Mac OS X, or roll their own loop.)

Anyway, this wacko idea hit me, and it's not something I'm prepared to
do right away (i. e., this year), not even something I necessarily think
is a good idea (boot calling an XML parser?), but I thought I'd sound
the bottom. 

Would there be any particular interest or antipathy towards defining an
XML (or similar) tagged syntax for the rc scripts? Is the idea a good
one for the back burner, or better for the trash pile?

-- 
Joel Rees <joel@alpsgiken.gr.jp>