Re: GConf vs. bonobo-config

[Alex Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dietmar Maurer wrote:

> Havoc Pennington wrote:
>
> > Yes, but in GConf that database is in-process and the query is
> > perfectly fast enough. It's just bonobo-config (sorry, bonobo-conf)
> > that makes each database in the stack a remote CORBA call.
>
> Another totally wrong statement, that is simply not true. Please read the bonobo
> config code more careful.

I'm not at all aware of the details of the configuration databases, but I
am very interested in the reason someone had to implement a new
configuration scheme at all. It seems like an utter waste of time and
energy. And then suddenly without any discussion, bonobo-conf seems to be
meant as the default for Gnome 2.

This seems like a case of very bad communiction. Having two configuration
schemes in Gnome 2 will cause extreme confusion amongst both users and
developers.

We need to agree on one way to do it. (And agree doesn't mean whoever
changes gnome-libs last gets to decide).

/ Alex