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List:       gnome-components
Subject:    Re: gnome-vfs dependency for bonobo (was gnome_mime vs. 	gnome_vfs_mime)
From:       Pavel Cisler <pavel () eazel ! com>
Date:       2000-11-30 23:41:13
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Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> 
> > So what you're saying, basically, is that printing a document is more
> > important than determining its mime type accurately and in a way
> > that's consistent with the rest of the system, or enabling components
> > to transparently access files in all the same ways as the file
> > manager. I tend to open documents more often than I print them, but
> > maybe I am unusual in this regard.
> 
> I asked previously if we can copy the new database to have an accurate
> database in gnome-libs.  Seems like a simple task.

Simple or not, sounds like a really bad thing to do given the fact that
all along our intent was to deprecate the gnome-libs version. 

It's pretty obvious that if there is more than one mime type detection
mechanism in GNOME, everyone looses.

Pavel

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