Re: migrating to new backend format

[seth vidal <skvidal phy duke edu>]

> this seems like the best way. But one thing that could be interesting is
> to synchronize 2.6's database with 2.4's. That is, when starting, it
> could get the changes made since a given date (is that possible in
> GConf?) and synchronize them with its database. Thus, if you ever start
> a 2.4 session in-between 2.6 sessions, changes made in 2.4 will be
> reflected in 2.6.
> 

Are the individual entries timestamped?

You could definitely see if one %gconf.xml file was newer than the new
file but it'd be useful to check each entry.

-sv