Re: GConf vs. bonobo-config

[Soeren Sandmann <sandmann daimi au dk>]

ERDI Gergo <cactus cactus rulez org> writes:

> On 16 Jun 2001, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > Lets compare both GConf and Bonobo-Conf in this particular case:
> 
> But this is not what Havoc is talking about. You should compare a thin
> Bonobo wrapper around GConf to a new, Bonobo-using implementation, because
> this is what the technical part of this discussion is about.

Yes, let us do that:

			GConf	Bonobo-Conf	Wrapper
non-local daemon	yes	yes		yes

CORBA to talk to deamon	yes	yes		yes

CORBA interface public	no	yes		yes [1]

standard CORBA iface	no	PropertyBag	PropertyBag

"simple" C API		yes	yes		yes

"new" API		yes	PropertyBag	PropertyBag

Requires wrapping for	yes	CORBA		CORBA
other languages

Does not require        yes     no              yes
reimplementation of
large piece of code


[1] The fact that GConf uses CORBA internally is irrelevant; it has
    nothing to do with Bonobo.  It could have used any kind of IPC.
    The wrapper would export a public Bonobo-interface.