we need a spec for handling mediums
Mike Hearn
m.hearn at signal.QinetiQ.com
Mon Aug 16 16:37:29 EEST 2004
> A dependency on a library is OK (as long as it's not too big), but
> dependencies on services are much more trouble. You can't really have the
> installation instructions for your software tell users to reconfigure
> their session manager to start a D-BUS session daemon before the software
> will run (especially on Windows, etc, but also on Linux).
Good point, it's too bad the only discovery mechanism is environment
variables. Perhaps just have no notifications and a simplistic locking
scheme if DBUS is missing (.... or allow DBUS installation, startup and
discovery without leaving your session)
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