<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Jon,<br><br>dbus-c++ quite good for simple client/server applications ( in my previous work we have used it and patch it time to time :) )<br></div></div>QtDbus also good but have a problem with non standard types and unicast signals.<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/5/11 Thiago Macieira <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thiago@kde.org" target="_blank">thiago@kde.org</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On sexta-feira, 10 de maio de <a href="tel:2013%2011.20.24" value="+12013112024">2013 11.20.24</a>, Jonathan Nichols wrote:<br>
> Hello,<br>
><br>
> I'm starting to evaluate whether dbus is the right solution for my<br>
> project. As I understand it, rather than trying to build an application<br>
> directly on top of libdbus, I should use one of the bindings found here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings" target="_blank">http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings</a><br>
><br>
> There are two recommended C++ bindings, dbus-c++ and dbus-cxx. Is one<br>
> of these particularly recommended over the other?<br>
<br>
</div>I'd say neither is recommended at this point.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> I noticed that the last<br>
> release of dbus-cxx was over 3 years ago, so I'm wondering if it is still<br>
> actively being maintained.<br>
><br>
> Also, what is particularly painful about building an application on top<br>
> of libdbus itself? It seems that I may be faced with the choice of using a<br>
> potentially buggy binding which is no longer maintained, or using the core<br>
> library which might make implementation more difficult. Its not<br>
> immediately clear to me which way to go at this point.<br>
<br>
</div>You're right, but there's a third alternative: use another binding, which is<br>
maintained.<br>
<br>
GDBus and QtDBus are actively maintained.<br>
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