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

[Seth Nickell <snickell stanford edu>]

> My only other comment would be to encourage people not to forget
> bonobo-conf, although this is really beyond the current scope of the
> release. Even if it isn't in the core platform, reminding people that it
> exists and is a way of accessing gconf for those already using bonobo in
> their applications will probably lower the amount of things they need to
> learn (my thinking is that if you have already mastered bonobo and can
> read IDL files, then bonobo-conf is easy, whereas gconf is another API.
> My thinking _may_ be flawed).

Yeah, but the same argument can be made for the legendary vfs-conf, and
I don't see anyone pushing a GnomeVFS based configuration system.
Monikers have interfaces too ladies and gentlemen. And GConf is not a
terribly difficult API to master.

-Seth