settings

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:

There are several major modules and few dosens of additional tools on internationalisation. I find it quite confusing to figure out, what particular combination of modules and settings will lead to the expected behaviour. So I'm addressing other group members with this request to help me.

When I try to gone to "phpBBforum settings" in Drupal, I get this warning: call_user_func_array(): First argument is expected to be a valid callback, 'phpbbforum_admin_settings' was given in /hsphere/local/home/drupal/ubercart.drupal.no/includes/form.inc on line 218.

I have tried to followed this guide "\phpbbforum-5.x-1.x-dev\phpbbforum\contrib\phpbbdrupal\install.xml" Waht to do now?
I'm using Drupal 5.7 and phpBB3