Re: GConf vs. bonobo-config

[Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org>]

Glynn Foster <glynn foster sun com> writes:

> Hum, I [unfortunately] wasn't around then :(
> Why are we so anal about back compatibility when switching [for all good effect] toolkits and not 
> anal about configuration? I don't understand this...
> Okay, so users care if their application works in the new environment...but will sure be completely
> pissed if they have to re-enter all their mail/colours/launchers/etc.. config  - something they
> have spent hours improving over the last X months...

That's why I just spent almost a week to provide a way to read/write the old configuration data in
bonobo-config. The code (in libgnome/monikers/) is now almost finished, but it'll need some fixing.

If people weren't pushing me all the time to meet that fucking API freeze, I'd spend another week
to port a medium-size GNOME 1.x application (for instance the Panel) over to bonobo-config and to do
some testing.

Btw. if someone wants to do this, feel free to do so. If you're a little bit careful, you can do this
in a way that it'll work with GNOME 2 without re-porting. Just make sure to port this large app to
bonobo-conf and the frozen Bonobo 1.0 API.

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Martin Baulig
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