Re: gnome desktop integration library

[Andrew Sobala <aes gnome org>]

Andrew Sobala wrote:
> Chipzz wrote:
>   
> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2006, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> >
> >   
> >     
> > > Why can't gtk depend on dbus? How do those reasons not apply to libgnome?
> > >
> > > I don't know, I'm asking. But there's no reason to just make an
> > > assumption up front that gtk can't depend on dbus, or that gnome should.
> > >     
> > >       
> > Because gtk+ is not just gnome. Gtk+ is also maemo. Gtk+ is also xfce.
> > Gtk+ is also a possible choice for embedded apps on phones, pdas, and
> > stuff like that. Gtk+ is also a library for very simple apps, where
> > very tight desktop integration does not make sense.
> >
> > As much as I think a gconf dependency would be a good thing for gtk+, gtk+
> > is a widget library, not a library for tight integration.
> >     
>
> But that's not a reason why _Gtk+ on Linux_ cannot have a DBus 
> dependency, appropriately abstracted behind a "platform settings 
> storage" API. Gtk+ on Windows can have a dependency on RegEdit, and Gtk+ 
> on embedded systems can interact with whatever platform-native mechanism 
> exists there.
>
> [ We're probably talking about Glib, really, here, aren't we? ]

So I should read the parent before replying. Sorry, I'm a dork.

But scrap the references to settings and replace with "message-passing 
RPC," and the gist of my post still holds.

Thanks,

Andrew