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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: back to corba (was RE: Transparency -- take 2)
From:       Simon Hausmann <shaus () uermel ! Med ! Uni-Magdeburg ! DE>
Date:       1999-09-29 14:21:07
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On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, David Faure wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Simon Hausmann [mailto:shaus@uermel.med.Uni-Magdeburg.DE]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 2:34 PM
> > To: 'kde-core-devel@kde.org'
> > Subject: RE: Transparency -- take 2
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, David Faure wrote:
> > 
> > > > I like this too and considered it (sharing the Pixmap 
> > handles across
> > > > applications). The problem: When KDesktop crashes all 
> > > > psudeo-transparent apps
> > > > will crash. You will need to check before each access and do 
> > > > something else if the "server" is gone.
> > > Hehe, it seems very related to the CORBA thread finally, 
> > even if it's
> > > not CORBA :)))
> > > 
> > > This is always the same problem : one program relying on another one
> > > has problems if that other one crashes. Even in kde-1.x we had that
> > > for kfm and all the apps trying to talk to it.
> > 
> > See? 
> 
> Yes I see :)
> 
> I see that what we need is the best of both worlds :
> keeping CORBA interfaces for allowing third-party implementations
> but using shared libs for koffice, for performance and stability reasons.
> 
> I can see two ways of doing this : 
> 1) using the shared-lib functionality of Corba (hi Matthias !), 
> 2) doing our own shared-lib stuff AND keeping IDL interfaces
> 
> What IS bad is servers, we all agree on that (hopefully).
> So what need is shared libs. One way or the other among the two above, I
> think.

I don't think (anymore..) that 1) is the way to go, as it keeps us with
the OpenPartsUI trouble.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean with 2) ? Using canossa while
keeping IDL interfaces? Which interfaces then? OpenPartsUI?

I don't think that we should use a special solution only for KOffice and
let the other's use OpenParts. Or did I misunderstand you?

I simply vote for 100% Canossa :-)

Ciao,
 Simon

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