Re: Bonobo dependencies ...

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On 01 Dec 2000 23:02:02 -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > 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 ;-)
> 
I like it very much, I think it's a very good idea.

But, I haven't found anything CORBA/Bonobo-related in
the helix-setup-tools sources. Is there anything already done about
this?

cheers