exportables

Lets open some discussion on the Features, context, exportables and migration topics we touched on last week. I asked 'how to add new components to existing or to create a new feature through drush'. It looks like some work is being done through drush features add (drush fa) but this is only for D7.

http://drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/6770/adding-components-to-a-fe...

As we all know, one of Drupal's major shortcomings is exporting configuration. I believe that the source of this problem is that there is no standard way to store and retrieve settings. Most modules use variable_get and variable_set. The problem with this is that there is no association between a variable and a module.

I propose an api for saving and retrieving settings. I am currently working on a settings module as a proof of concept.

Here is a glimpse of the current api: