Assumptions
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o Usernames do not contain ",". [julia]
o Password files do not contain ":" except as a field separator. [julia]
o Version numbers do not contain "~" [logging, charisma, db_access.py, heidi, neve]
o Suites are case-independent in conf files, but forced lower case in use. [jenna]
o Components are case-sensitive. [jenna]
o There's always source of some sort

[Very incomplete...]