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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Gconf2
From:       Michael Pyne <pynm0001 () comcast ! net>
Date:       2003-08-13 6:58:41
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On Wednesday 13 August 2003 02:44, David Findlay wrote:
> Are there any plans in the future for KDE to use Gconf2 or something
> similiar for configuration info? Are there any compelling reasons why not
> to? Thanks,
>
> David

I'm not a KDE developer (yet, heheheh :) ), but I very highly doubt it.  First 
of all, unless I'm mistaken, there is already something similar to GConf2, 
which is the KConfig module.  It doesn't support tree-based structures, but 
that is rather easy to emulate anyways, either by switching groups or using 
different value strings (e.g. Colors-bgColor, Colors-fgColor, etc.).

Probably more seriously, gconf2 depends on ORBit2, and KDE has already adopted 
a different component system (DCOP and KParts) which would be very difficult 
to replace, especially since the gains (if any) would be extremely marginal.

In conclusion, the short answers to your questions are No and Yes.

TTFN,
 - Michael Pyne
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