Re: where to put tar storage object...

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar maurer-it com>]

Joe Shaw wrote:

> > We should also add storage drivers for http and ftp to the storage
> > modules
> > directory (does they exist somewhere?).
>
> The http storage driver is in the gtkhtml module, as that's where Miguel
> and I thought it would be best without having to add a libghttp dependency
> on bonobo.

sounds reasonable.

> Which does bring me to one thing: the versioning on the storage modules is
> a nightmare. Every time a new bonobo release comes out, it makes old
> storage modules (such as the http one) not work, even if they are still
> compatible. Can we change the versioning system such that the version in
> the storage module and the bonobo version don't need to line up? A shared
> library-like scheme would be fine, where we hardcode the latest platform
> version in bonobo and require that the storage modules have the same
> version. That way the modules will work with different versions of bonobo
> as long as the interfaces are compatible (and from what I understand,
> these should be frozen anyway...)

I can change it to a simple number - starting with 1. We can then increase
it if we make an incompatible change.

- Dietmar