KDE is not an OS platform... (And neither is Gnome)

[Kevin Krammer]

On Friday, 2009-10-30, Michael Pyne wrote:

> I think a saner alternative to integrating GVFS into KIO would be to
>  support the IO-transfer API in use (assuming they use an out-of-process
>  model

Yes, they do. GVFS mount daemon are separate processes, shared between 
applications accessing the same protocol.


> Really making something like FUSE that "backend API" would probably be best
> long-term, except that it wouldn't work under Windows or OS X (and possibly
> BSD?)

The other way around, which is what GVFS is doing, sounds to be a better 
approach.
Applications directly dealing with GVFS can reap the full benefit of the 
architecture, applications still living in POSIX world can use the same data 
through the FUSE mounts of GVFS.

The only thing missing is currently a Qt technology stack based client library 
for GVFS, just like there is not GObject technology based on for KIO slaves.

Cheers,
Kevin 

-- 
Kevin Krammer, KDE developer, xdg-utils developer
KDE user support, developer mentoring
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