Re: Bonobo dependencies ...

[Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com>]

> How feasible would be to write a system: moniker that is a frontend to
> several system
> services? For example:
> 
> service = bonobo_get_object("system:MailTransport",
> "IDL:Bonobo/SystemService:1.0");

That is exactly the vision for the Helix Setup Tools.  Please read
now:

    http://primates.helixcode.com/~miguel/helix-setup-tools.html


> this system:MailTransport could be a frontend to sendmail/postfix/etc.
> And similarly:

Yep.

> * system:InternetServer -> inetd
> * system:Config -> /etc/{passwd,group,PAM, etc}
> * system:NetworkConfig -> /etc/resolv.conf ....

Almost, we will do a slightly better job, but that is the idea.  Yes. 

> that way, we'll have an easy access to system services from any
> language supporting Bonobo.

That is exactly the vision.  Read the document above ;-)

Miguel.