Re: The storage interface cleanup

[Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com>]

Miguel de Icaza <miguel helixcode com> writes:

> > The older interfaces can probably be deprecated over time. I am not
> > sure how well GNOME 1.x components will work with GNOME 2.x clients or
> > vice versa in any case; certainly the in-process case won't work at
> > all.
> 
> Activation of components will have to use a special mechanism that
> uses a scheme similar to COM: we will define various `platforms' and
> for each platform there will be a generic platform container.
> 
> When an application activates a shlib-based component for a different
> platform, then the shell will host the component, and will become a
> non-in-proc component.
> 
> So, yes, this was contemplated (for other reasons beside the backwards
> compatibility as well, like handling various threading
> models/appartment models).
> 

It would also be a good way to build a KParts/Bonobo bridge. I'll have
to look into how feasible it is to do this in OAF.

 - Maciej