Re: Respitory?

[Kevin Miller <sar hempseed com>]

Repository == CVS repository

www.gnome.org/devel/whatiscvs.shtml


On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Liss Svanberg wrote:

> Hawba!
> 
> In some of the letters I've been reading, people has been talking about 
> *The Respitory*
> Until today, this word didn't ring any bell...
> ...and then it came to me: could this be an equalent to the Registry in NT?
> <terrified scream>
> PLEASE, NOO!!!
> 
> <pause>
> Okay...
> Perhaps I should begin with explaining my point of view, and the background 
> of it.
> (So that nobody missunderstands me, thus preventing me from behaving like a 
> jerk a second time...)
> 
> First of all: I don't know a thing about The Respitory, because I've spent 
> most of my time trying to setup CC* instead of examining Gnome, so if I say 
> things about the respitory that isn't true, please correct me.
> (* CC is CodeCrusader, not CocaCola :)
> 
> And now: Why does Liss dislike the registry?
> Actually, I what I dislike is the kind of registry that is global to all 
> applications.
> The global registry in NT (&W95) is a neverending scource of strange 
> behavour, and occassional crasches if you plan to use your computer to 
> anything more than word processing!
> 
> In the older days, you had a setupfile togeather with the executable. This 
> was your program, and if you wanted to modify it (say, move it to another 
> harddrive, because you had run out of space), >>at least, you allways knew 
> where to find the setup<<.
> When using NT, you will receive HellOnEarth(TM) if you would try to do 
> anything like this, unless you are able to make your changes through some 
> kind of installation program.
> - Why? Because NT programs are ALL (ok, allmost all) storing their setup 
> parameters in ONE HUGE registry, at SEVERAL locations.
> Try find them all...
> 
>:-(
> - Why couldn't NT have a registry interface instead (a common DBserver), 
> that you could use to manipulate different, program specific setup/registry 
> files?
> I would allways know where to find parameters for a specific program, and - 
> even better - in the case of a harddrive crasch, setupfiles on other 
> harddrives would still work!
> 
> 
> 
> Ok...
> <conclusion>
> I really hope that Gnome hasn't adopted the NT way, with one registry for 
> all applications.
> I hope, that Gnome instead offers either a standard DBinterface or a 
> standard script parser that programs can use for their own setup purposes.
> I hope, that this allso applies to applications that are considered part of 
> the GnomeCore (administration tools, file managers, Baboon etc).
> 
> Anyway; please, please, please ... at least try avoiding this 
> single-huge-global-registry-monster!!!
> 
> 
> mvh
> // Liss
> liss@ydab.se
> 
> "When in trouble, when in doubt,
> run in circles, scream and shout!"
> 
> 
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