Re: [HC Evolution] Re: libole2 -> gnomevfs backend?

[Arturo Tena <arturo directmail org>]

Matt Loper wrote:
> Ettore wrote:
> >   What about efs then?
>
> Is it stable, fast and usable?
>
> >   I think the problem with `tar.gz' and `zip' is that they are not
> > going to be fast.  It's a real pain to update them.
>
> agreed
>
> >   But, incidentally, I must say am not very fond of this
> > filesystem-in-a-file idea myself.  Why not just using a directory?
>
> Localizing Evolution and Wombat related data into a file makes things easier
> for a user. They can move a file from one machine to another, and they can
> back up that one file onto another machine. We're going for ease of use
> here; a single file for storage says "I'm your Evolution stuff", but a
> directory says "I have a million files in me, and I'm complicated. Edit my
> files and you'll mess everything up. Explore me and you'll get confused."
>
> Likewise, I think although we could store some settings in (say) gconf,
> those settings should be duplicated in our file -- again, so that if one
> changes machines, and moves their one file, they can fire up Evolution
> without problems.

What do you want, when a user open a Evolution file generated using another Gnome
installation:

1) All my settings will be honored.
2) All settings of the another Gnome installation will be honored.
3) I can decide which settings will be honored.

For 2) and 3), there is needed duplication between gconf stored settings and the file.

> I admit, putting this stuff into a file (rather than a directory) doesn't
> make programmers' lives easier. But we're designing Evolution for users
> first, not programmers. :)

Using gnome-vfs, programmers live become easy.

> -Matt


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Arturo Tena
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