On Fri, 2009-10-16 at 07:35 -0700, Sandy Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 7:10 AM, Ryan Lortie <de...@desrt.ca> wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 14:00 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > >> if dconf listens to changes in gconf, 3rd party apps would just need to > >> link to glib/GSettings instead of libgconf, and their migration would be > >> done automatically, right? > > > > dconf won't be made to listen to GConf. One alternative, though, is > > that a GSettings backend could be written that uses GConf (and its > > existing database) instead of dconf. This would allow applications to > > use the new API to access their existing settings in the existing > > database. > > > > dconf could be brought in later. > > That doesn't fix anything; it just delays an identical migration.
Why not letting existing installations continue using the GConf backend, and let only new installs use dconf ? Then you can provide a migration script or wizard that people can run if they want, but by default you stay in a very compatible mode. Xav _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list