Configuration API problems

[Jussi Kukkonen]

Bastien Nocera wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I have 2 overlapping problems with the current providers configuration
> framework.
> 
> First, I wanted to add support for setting the baud rate for the gypsy
> backend (and somebody can then add it to the gpsd one). The options
> passed to backends are a{ss}, where a{sv} would be more appropriate to
> allow passing integers. Should I break the API and fixup all the
> backends? 

I probably wouldn't have bothered but sure, it does sound like the Right
Thing.

> (We mentioned we wanted the providers API private anyway).

Hmm? What was this related to?

> The second one is with GConf. I wanted to port the code to use GSettings
> instead, which can not list keys available in a schema right now (or
> have keys without a schema). Does anyone have a problem with me adding a
> schema (and documenting) our configuration options?

Absolutely not :)

Jussi