[kea-dev] json5 support

[Matt Zagrabelny]

Hello kea-dev,

It would be nice if kea would support json5 for the configuration files.

That is, right now kea is warning about trailing commas in my config file,
but it still seems to run:

Oct 14 17:47:57 zed kea-dhcp4[715]: 2023-10-14 17:47:57.867 INFO
 [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/715.140541888618048] DHCP4_STARTING Kea DHCPv4 server
version 2.2.1 (stable) starting
Oct 14 17:47:57 zed kea-dhcp4[715]: 2023-10-14 17:47:57.868 WARN
 [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/715.140541888618048] DHCP4_CONFIG_SYNTAX_WARNING
configuration syntax warning: /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf:7.19: Extraneous
comma. A piece of configuration may have been omitted.
Oct 14 17:47:57 zed kea-dhcp4[715]: 2023-10-14 17:47:57.868 WARN
 [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/715.140541888618048] DHCP4_CONFIG_SYNTAX_WARNING
configuration syntax warning: /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf:8.10: Extraneous
comma. A piece of configuration may have been omitted.
Oct 14 17:47:57 zed kea-dhcp4[715]: 2023-10-14 17:47:57.868 WARN
 [kea-dhcp4.dhcp4/715.140541888618048] DHCP4_CONFIG_SYNTAX_WARNING
configuration syntax warning: /etc/kea/kea-dhcp4.conf:13.51: Extraneous
comma. A piece of configuration may have been omitted.
[...]
Oct 14 17:47:57 zed kea-dhcp4[715]: INFO  DHCP4_STARTED Kea DHCPv4 server
version 2.2.1 started

Thanks for considering this feature request.

Cheers,

-m
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