Re: DBus reconnect support (initial attempt)

[Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>]

On Tue, 2005-03-15 at 11:54 -0500, Colin Walters wrote:

> > The problem here is that app status also depends on different subsystem
> > and external system status. In the other words, can I keep my TCP
> > connections after the reboot.
> 
> No, but in laptop+suspend case TCP connections are often broken anyways,
> so apps need to be able to handle it.

Furthermore, with NetworkManager, your TCP connections can be broken at
_any_ time, if your network goes away, if you dock your laptop, etc.
Applications like IM, or IRC, etc, need to be able to handle this
cleanly by reconnecting and not loosing their previous conversations for
example.

This _isn't_ a system problem, its an app problem where the apps expect
to always have their connections around, which isn't always the case.

Dan