Re: remote configuration sources

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

"Kenneth Lierman Jr." <kliermanm bigfoot com> writes: 
> 1) so, do we agree it might be nice to have a user data abstraction?
> 	- if so, i would think something with similar features to gconf
> 	(caching, multiple backends, etc) would be ideal, but with an API
> 	more suited to the task at hand.

Yes, I think it might be a nice thing.

> 2) acap
> 	- read the spec, etc.  looks pretty sweet.  A couple things i don't
> 	like about their namespace layout, but otherwise looks like it 
> 	touches alot of features we'd need.
> 	- there is a sample server, as well as a C and java client api. 
> 	Definately would simplify a first cut at an acap system, but i have
> 	no idea how stable or complete they are.

Cool.

> 3) i'll probably hack up gnomecard and/or ?? as a way to get a feel for the 
> api that would be needed, and a proof of concept sorta thing.

A good start. gnomecard isn't a very active project, but it should be
small and simple enough to work with.

Havoc