Re: [G2R] Why is bonobo-config a 2.0 core library?

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs noisehavoc org>]

On 25Nov2001 04:50PM (-0500), Michael Meeks wrote:
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> 
> On 23 Nov 2001, Stephen Browne wrote:
> > this is why I was hesitant to send that mail in the first place. I
> > guess I knew someone could not resist the temptation to turn this into
> > a b-c vs gconf merit war.
> 
>         :-) I didn't discuss any of the merits of bonobo-conf in any depth
> - but I just don't see you argument that "no one uses it" as being
> particularly valid, whereas "it's useful for ..." is more valid; library
> APIs are created to be used by applications, and since we're not shipping
> many applications yet it seems reasonable to me that no one is using it.
> 
>         eg. I very much doubt that anyone is using libgnomeprint yet. Does
> that mean we should drop it from the platform ? I assume not.

If it's really true that no one is using it, we should consider it;
however, I've seen a couple of print-preview type screenshots that
seem to indicate that apps are using it. 

Regards,

Maciej