Re: Gnome-VFS depending on bonobo

[Rodney Dawes <dobey free fr>]

On Pre , 2004-03-12 at 17:10, Walter Landry wrote:
> Magnus Bergman <magnus bergman observer net> wrote:
> > I'm just wondering if there is a good reason for gnome-vfs to depend on
> > bonobo and orbit. Gnome-vfs could be very usable in many non-desktop
> > programs, like for example a web-server. But with it's current
> > dependencies it kind of discourages such usage. Would it be much work to
> > reduce the dependencies of the gnome-vfs core to, perhaps, only glib?
> 
> FYI, I'm now using gnome-vfs in a command line client, so this would
> definitely be nice for me.

gnome-vfs does not require a display at all. You can use it very easily
without one.

I also would not recommend using it for a web server. The HTTP
implementation is very incomplete, and it's not really suited for doing
server-type things.

-- dobey