Re: [orca-list] Orca & GSettings

[Juanje Ojeda <jojeda emergya es>]

Well, actually we can't stop at gconf because is deprecated, so on the
next GNOME cycle is going to disappear.

But, don't worry, because the API for GSettings is quite similar to
GConf and is very  straight forward to swap them. The is already some
tools designed to migrate the Gconf configuration to the GSettings new
schemas, which will be very useful for the users so they don't need to
worry about to loose their configurations.

Greetings

2010/6/4 Steve Holmes <steve holmes88 gmail com>:
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> My first thought given this, I would almost think it better to skip
> the gconf step entirely but he did mention that converting gconf to
> gsettings was easier than going from flat files.  My only concern
> would be for us to stop at gconf and not keep moving on.  If the full
> process can happen in time for gnome 3.0, then it's all good to me.
>
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2010 at 10:03:28AM -0400, Joanmarie Diggs wrote:
> > Hey Steve.
> >
> > > (microsoft), gsettings, etc.  In fact, today is the first time I ever
> > > heard of gsettings.  How easy is it to verify values in gsettings?
> >
> > I'll leave this question to the more knowledgeable folks (i.e. the guys
> > from Emergya).
> >
> > > But if that is the direction to go, I guess we haven't
> > > much choice, do we.
> >
> > Well, we (Orca team) have caught flack over the years for not being a
> > "good GNOME citizen." Good GNOME citizens don't roll their own settings.
> > Good GNOME citizens are also no longer using gconf but are migrating to
> > gsettings as part of GNOME 3.0. So ultimately that's where things are
> > going. And ultimately, I'm not convinced we do have that much of a
> > choice.
> >
> > Having said that, I think that this conversion is going to prove to be
> > valuable to us in ways far beyond earning the respect of our fellow
> > modules. In particular:
> >
> > * Make it possible for us to work better with the new Universal
> >   Preferences UI.
> >
> > * Make the saving and loading of settings much more straightforward
> >   (which in turn will give us things like fast language switching)
> >
> > * Make it possible to change settings on the fly without having to
> >   write them all out
> >
> > * Solve the problem where a screwed-up user-settings.py file completely
> >   hoses Orca
> >
> > * Fix a bunch of quirky settings bugs y'all have discovered over the
> >   years
> >
> > * Other stuff I'm probably not thinking of at the moment. Need more
> >   coffee....
> >
> > So I for one welcome our new gsettings overlords. And I'm extremely
> > grateful to have Emergya doing this work, and the support of the
> > Consorcio Fernando de los Ríos/Junta de Andalucía making it possible.
> >
> > Take care.
> > --joanie
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