Re: GConf debate ... the hermenutical key.

[Dietmar Maurer <dietmar ximian com>]

Havoc Pennington wrote:

> Miguel de Icaza <miguel ximian com> writes:
> > > >   GConf re-uses almost nothing - pointlessly re-inventing almost
> > > > everything,
>
> Can I point out that Bonobo didn't exist when I wrote this code TWO
> YEARS AGO? Or I suppose there was a thing called Bonobo but it was
> hardly anything usable I think everyone here agrees.
>
> People act like I maliciously didn't use Bonobo. Bonobo was released
> as stable only a few months ago.
>
> Anyway, since GConf was first and bonobo-config was second, I believe
> the REinvention was bonobo-config, and the invention was GConf. Thanks
> very much. ;-)

Yes, GConf was first. But what is wrong when someone tries to make things
a little better. For example we can use CORBA_any now - so there is no
longer any reason to use GConfValue.

- Dietmar