D-BUS vs DCOP

[Harri Porten]

On Wed, 14 May 2003, Navindra Umanee wrote:

> Please make sure you guys discuss D-BUS vs DCOP, whether it will be a
> suitable replacement and all that stuff.  
> 
> http://www.freedesktop.org/software/dbus/
> 
> So put it on the agenda! :-)

Do you volunteer to find a capable speaker for this topic ? I can only
think of one person here :) Might not be a bad idea to invite Havoc no
matter what.

> Btw, I find it extremely surprising that the above webpage does not
> have a single mention nor link nor credit to DCOP...  I thought D-BUS
> was largely inspired and based on the DCOP design.

It inspired by DCOP but isn't really based on its design. That work still
has to be done. Besides, DCOP documentation is part of the D-BUS package
so one can hardly say that the relation is denied.

Harri.