Re: config library. Was GNOME registry

[Rene Mayrhofer <rmayr vianova at>]

>Well, a server might be a good idea for the flat file modules. Using a
>server for the ldap module an others would just slow things down.
I don't think that speed is of concern.

>As to handaling programs that dont know about the library, I think some
>other program should be written. In the end, if this library is written
>well enough, everyone will switch to it. Alot of extra code in the library
>for handling old programs would be ugly. Maby Linuxconf could be used for
>the old programs.
Agreed. I don't want to introduce the hated "backward-compatibiliy" at the
first design stage.

Rene