Re: dconf

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Tue, 2009-04-07 at 10:23 -0400, Ryan Lortie wrote:
> Callum McKenzie wrote:
> > Can current gconf settings be easily loaded into dconf? e.g. can someone
> > launching into a gnome 3.0, dconf-based, system for the first time still
> > have the same wallpaper settings as they did before?
> > 
> > I'm assuming that a) the settings still make sense and b) that the
> > application can provide a mapping between old and new settings.
> 
> Yes, but currently this would have to be completely manual and would 
> require the application to link to both dconf and GConf.  This sucks.
> 
> I guess a good solution would be to provide some easy-to-use framework 
> by which applications could have migration scripts in python or 
> something.  That way the application itself doesn't need to do GConf, 
> but the python script can if GConf is still installed.
> 
> Ideas are definitely welcome in this direction.
> 
there could be a process started by gnome-shell that just migrates the
whole GConf database to dconf? or is this automatic migration not
possible?
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Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>