Re: GConf vs. bonobo-config

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Sander Vesik wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dietmar Maurer wrote:
>
> > Sander Vesik wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > GOSH.
> > >
> > > Users frequently don't want this. Administrartor frequently do want this
> > > or even won't / can't look at things that don't provide this.
> > >
> > > Not providing this isn't *really* an option.
> >
> > This feature is a real performance killer, because you always have to query
> > that additional database.
> >
>
> Well, I do assume you have hard daat to back up your 'perfomance killing'
> claim? I really doubt any application would be affected by a small
> constant-time change in queries to configuration data.

Maybe. Another possibility would be to have a predefined path (/fixed/*) which
cant be overwritten by user values, although that is not as flexible as your
approach.

- Dietmar