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List:       freedesktop-dbus
Subject:    Re: Guidance in (re)design of sytem using dbus
From:       Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie () collabora ! co ! uk>
Date:       2007-12-14 22:57:57
Message-ID: 20071214225757.GD13675 () carbon ! pseudorandom ! co ! uk
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On Fri, 14 Dec 2007 at 08:48:43 +0100, Thiago Macieira wrote:
> Yes, a simple signal from the privileged service to all system tray 
> applets would be enough for status updates. The receivers do not require 
> anything special to listen for signals, not even unique bus names. The 
> service, however, should have a unique name.

... by which you meant "well-known bus name". A well-known bus name
(aka "service name") looks like com.example.MyApp; the privileged service
needs one of these, the receivers don't.

(A unique name looks like :1.12 - all D-Bus connections automatically have one
of these.)

Pedantically,
    Simon
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