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On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 19:31:31 -0400 |
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Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> There are two principle things I dislike about D-Bus. |
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> 1) It doesn't support live upgrading of the daemon. We discussed the |
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> reasons behind this several weeks ago, as I recall. Transparent |
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> session control handoff is, of course, complicated, and nobody has |
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> seen the work as worthwhile. |
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If your 2nd objection changes, this one will probably get looked at. |
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> 2) It comes with (or appears to come with) a Linux-centric (sometimes |
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> even a Linux-only) view. I love Linux, and I would love to see Linux |
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> grow and improve. I also use (and am comfortable with) Windows and |
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> Android (which I would consider Not Really Linux) and other |
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> platforms*. Attitudes and actions which push Linux as the One Ring |
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> smack of 'Embrace, Extend, Extinguish'. |
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dbus is a freedesktop project so will live or die by it's merits. |
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Other systems may start to use it if it proves itself useful. Lucky for |
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us, it doesn't obsolete anything else, just adds functionality to what |
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is already there. |
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Alan McKinnnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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