Re: GSettings and you, II

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2010-04-23 at 06:52 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> I have just released GLib 2.25.2 and GConf 2.31.2. These release
> contain the accumulated bug-fixes that came out of the early adoption
> after my .1 releases earlier this week. Overall, things should be
> pretty solid now, so if you hesitated to jump last time, now is an
> even better time.
> 
> Some noteworthy changes:
<snip>
> - gsettings-data-convert expects its keyfiles in /usr/share/GConf/gsettings now

I still have a major problem with the backend selection in GSettings.

If we were to run gsettings-data-convert on start-up, it would migrate
from GConf to GSettings' keyfile backend.

I would actually want GConf to GConf migration in this case, because I
renamed the key.

The backend selection is also completely broken if one were to use
plugins from different applications.

For example, gnome-bluetooth's wizard has plugins for application
integration. Amongst those are a NetworkManager plugin, and a geoclue
one. If one of those used GSettings with the gconf backend and the other
GSettings with another backend, we'd have a real problem.