Re: GnomeVFS backend for GtkFileChooser

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 10:13, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> Le jeu 30/10/2003 à 08:57, Alexander Larsson a écrit :
> > Can't we put the GtkFileSystem interface in glib or something, then
> > gnome-vfs can have the implementation without depending on gtk+?
> 
> Put it in a separate lib called, say, gtk-vfs, and have gnome-vfs be one
> implementation of that ?
> 
> Or just rename gnome-vfs to gtk-vfs ?
> 
> The problem is that such a lib won't be used for anything else than the
> file chooser unless it adds clear advantages (portability wise, esp. to
> win32) to plain posix calls. And you'll have "pure GTK+" guys shouting
> at you.

What are you talking about?

The GtkFileSystem interface clearly is only for implementing the file
chooser. Its also a very very small piece of code (essentially just a
header) that clearly shouldn't be in its own library.  

And what would renaming gnome-vfs achieve?

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