RE: GNOME registry

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

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Joshua R. Prismon [SMTP:josh@narf.com]
> Sent:	Thursday, December 31, 1998 8:45 AM
> To:	gnome-list@gnome.org
> Subject:	RE: GNOME registry
> 
> At 08:08 AM 12/31/98 -0800, you wrote:
> >All I am saying, is if we want to implament something like the registry,
> it
> >would be "a good thing" to be able to configure sendmail, ftp, apache,
> and
> >other non gnome programs the same way. A standard "everything" config
> >library would work well for this.
> 
> How about we not worry about how the information is stored (all though
> provide
> a generic method or two), and instead work on a CORBA interface that all 
> applications give some unified way to switch settings. 
> 
> The reason for that is two fold:
> 
> -) Sendmail has vastly different configuration information (and needs)
> then 
> say .xmodmap or gmc. 
> 
> -) The power users will get ticked off if we remove text interfaces ;-)
> 
> 
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