KIO->GnomeVFS bridge started (looking for a Common-VFS)

[Gary L. Greene Jr.]

On Monday 20 December 2004 5:42 pm, George Staikos wrote:
> On Monday 20 December 2004 17:37, nf wrote:
> > On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 20:26, George Staikos wrote:
> > >    The applications are guaranteed tobe inconsistent if they all use
> > > the same VFS, because they use features which are unavailable in one or
> > > the other. Gnome doesn't implement KWallet, for instance.  With Gnome
> > > VFS, KDE apps will use KWallet for some things, and ?? for others?
> >
> > Good point. Storing passwords in a desktop neutral way is definitely a
> > problem for a "Common VFS". Again there are two incompatible libraries
> > (KWallet and gnome-keyring) for the same purpose - instead of a single
> > library and two front-ends. Same story... ;-)
> >
> > I'll have a look how the APIs compare as soon i have time...
> >
> > http://webcvs.kde.org/kdelibs/kwallet/
> >
> > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnome-keyring/
>
>   You are ignoring the overall issue and focusing on a small detail.  Where
> do you consider stopping "code sharing"?  Do you intend to write one
> desktop to replace both KDE and Gnome, or perhaps rewrite KDE using Gnome
> libraries? After all, having two widget sets is definitely a problem for a
> "Common Desktop".

Which, sorry to sound zealotous, but I'd rather die than write apps in Gtk. I 
chose KDE and Qt due to it's merits over GNOME, thanks.

-- 
Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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