Re: GUnique [Was: gnome-utils branched for GNOME 2.16]

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 19:36 -0600, Elijah Newren wrote:
> On 9/21/06, Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> wrote:
> > Before recommending that everyone use GUnique, could we define a
> > migration path for it to enter the platform? We really don't need yet another
> > shared library, and yet another module to release, and yet another separate
> > API to learn. Is this API appropriate for GTK+ and adaptable for use with
> > Windows and OS X?
> >
> > Can we use it as-is (or as well-defined cut'n'paste code) in GNOME 2.18 and
> > plan towards migrating to a GTK+ 2.12 version in GNOME 2.20? Let's at least
> > have a plan for it, otherwise we're just adding yet another [as above] with
> > little active thought for our users, distributors and platform consumers.
> 
> You're asking all the right questions.  Unfortunately, I don't have
> complete answers.
> 
> IIRC (which is questionable), the biggest potential issue with it
> being in GTK+ was its IPC mechanism.  In fact, Vytautas decided to put
> two IPC mechanisms into it partially because of this (Matthias was not
> sure GTK+ was ready to depend on D-Bus yet, so Vytas made it possible
> to use either D-Bus or Bacon, chosen at compile time).

Uhm? Why not use X for IPC?

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