Re: GConf vs. bonobo-config

[Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik Sun COM>]

On Fri, 15 Jun 2001, Dietmar Maurer wrote:

> Sander Vesik wrote:
> 
> > On 15 Jun 2001, 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)
> >                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^         ^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Well, both exist. Which one is the real one? And if one was renamed (via a
> > repository copy?) the other absolutely should be removed.
> 
> bonobo-conf is for Gnome 1.4
> 

Did anything use it?

> bonobo-config will be for Gnome 2
> 

Well, lets go back to some well know ground. 

Dietmar:
	* to the best of your knowledge, how many people were aware of
	  'bonobo-config, the brand new configuration system for gnome'
	  before this thread?
	* Why do we want it anyways?

General questions:
	* porting - how much additional porting will using bonbo-config
	  instead of gconf introduce?
	* more importantly - why would one go to the effort?
	* how much overhead does it add?
	* API freeze/code freeze/documenetation timeline?
	* what happens to interoperability in a scenario where not all
	  applications port to bonobo-config and bonbo-config is switched
	  to use some other backend?
	* if the above won't happen then why?

It sure does look like a whole big subsystem is just being sneaked in
through the back door.

> 
> - Dietmar
> 

	Sander

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	-- Terry Pratchett, 'Small Gods'