Why separate the config from the war file

[Peter Schober]

* Peter Schober <peter.schober at univie.ac.at> [2015-04-10 02:13]:
> * John C. Pfeifer <pfeifer at umd.edu> [2015-04-08 20:00]:
> > Because I want take use the same war file in the dev, qa, & prod
> > environments but each environment requires differing configs.
> 
> You want to have the config /in/ the war file [...]?

Scrap that, you're not the OP and it wasn't a reply to Scott.
Sorry for the noise.
-peter