Hi Josselin; On Sat, 2006-11-11 at 12:02 +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> How about forgetting this communication thing? Configuration is stored > in files, we just need to read and write these files. We even have some > decent ways to monitor files now: local using inotify, remote using fam > with dnotify. no. preferences API is not that simple; you end up with a lot of applications locking and unlocking a single file, you cannot have multiple programs changing system-wide defaults, and you have a lot of load/save code paths that might just end up blowing up you configuration. this would be a *huge* regression for GNOME; pulling a KDE and using a single file for application plus a system wide configuration file is, for me, not a viable option in 2006. ciao, Emmanuele. -- Emmanuele Bassi, E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] W: http://www.emmanuelebassi.net B: http://log.emmanuelebassi.net _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
