RE: GNOME registry

["Fox, Kevin M" <kmfox bhi010 bhi-erc com>]

The multiple trees, with replication is called LDAP.  :)

I am trying to get a copy of libPropList. I think this library might be
recoded
to use modules for saving the config information. One for normal text files,
one for LDAP, SQL, 
since Novell is trying to port NDS to Linux, maybe they would write a NDS
module.

A library would be a good alternative to putting a registry in the linux
kernel, because all unix's could take advantage of it. GNOME strives to work
on all unix's and not just Linux.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joshua R. Prismon [SMTP:josh@narf.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 8:36 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	Re: GNOME registry
> 
> At 06:01 PM 12/30/98 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >> What does GNOME provide along the lines of shared data storage?
> >> 
> >> I was thinking that we really need some sort of central GNOME metadata
> >> repository.  That would allow a user to set stuff like real name,
> e-mail
> >> address, home page, etc.  I swear I type my e-mail address into every
> >> third app nowadays.  :)
> >> 
> >> Does something like this exist already?
> >
> >No, but this could go on a file we all agree for, something like the
> >~/.gnome/User file.  What do you think?
> >
> >miguel.
> 
> Actually, a system wide Linux Regestry is currently being debated
> in linux.development.system. someone there raised the possibility 
> of using a CORBA interface to configurator apps for a system wide 
> regestry/control panel. This sounds really cool (if not slow). 
> 
> If gnome is to tackle a registry, I would like to see them do so in
> a manner which is exportable beyond just Gnome. 
> 
> That being said, what would the requirements of a registry be? Both
> state and initilization information? Just one or the other? 
> 
> One of the key abilities of Linux in terms of disaster recovery is that
> configuration information tends to be text. For the real geeks out there,
> there should be some way of editing this file by hand. 
> (Or store it in a DB, that you can generate ala Sendmail user lookup
> tables). 
> 
> I would also like to see a VFS implementation of a configuration system. 
> It would make it very easy to make changes etc. (Maybe a more complicated
> system with multiple trees overlaying each other, to build quick and easy
> defaults). 
> 
> Just ranting.
> 
> (All this being said, my coding skills are poor, but if anyone is
> interested in something like
> this, I would be happy to give it a try). 
> 
> 
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