Re: [Evolution] [off-topic] Automatic contacts

[Ralf Mardorf <silver bullet zoho com>]

On Tue, 12 Sep 2017 20:39:20 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 2017-09-12 at 20:36 -0400, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > I can also merrily take my configurations, reliably, from one account
> > to another. <https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_en
> > te
> > rprise_linux/7/html/desktop_migration_and_administration_guide/custom
> > -
> > default-values-system-settings>  Which is much better than tar-scp-
> > untar+hope-n-pray.  
>
> See "dconf dump {settings-path} > {file}" & "dconf load
> {settings-path} {file}".

Actually I was the one who gave the short introduction to dconf usage
and I'll repeat myself, dconf is a $HOME in $HOME, but it is not
accessible by the tools users of UNIX/POSIX alike systems are used too.

To cp, mv or tar individual human readable configurations works
completely without issues for apps, if it requires religious rites and
hope to do this or Evolution, then the bugs are already in the code of
Evolution.

Actually an individual human readable config for each app, as well as a
binary blob for tons of apps works in the same way

option_1=value_x
option_2=value_y
option_n=value_n

Actually $HOME/.config/name_of_the_app directly to human readable files
is simpler than a binary blob in $HOME/.config which requires tools to
translate it into human readable text and than has to be
used /by/a/path/ to the human readable config, too. IOW it's the same
as $HOME already provides, with the differences of an additional
layer that is good for absolutely nothing, especially since UNIX/POSIX
paths do use the "/"-sign and not the "."-sign as required by the
gsettings command.

dconf gains absolutely nothing, it just adds a completely useless,
annoying layer.