mcs replaced in 4.6?

Jani Monoses jani.monoses at gmail.com
Tue Nov 22 18:08:00 CET 2005


Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> Brian J. Tarricone wrote:
> 
>>>Jani Monoses wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>Quoting Brian's blog
>>>>>
>>>>>'MCS should not be used for "normal" applications, and is expected to be
>>>>>replaced in Xfce 4.6 anyway'
>>>>>
>>>>>what is it expected to be replaced with?
>>>
>>>
>>>Something else.  Seriously, who knows?  If Uniconf works out and makes
>>>sense, maybe that.  Or that other one that that annoying guy on xdg at fd.o
>>>keeps posting about.  Or maybe we'll write our own if those aren't suitable.
> 
> 
> Just a further note: if no other configuration system seems suitable,
> and no one has the time or inclination to write a new system, then we'll
> continue to use MCS.  Really, it's all kinda up in the air.

Ok I thought there was something already in sight not just fdo proposals
which neither kde nor gnome seem too interested in (yet). And what do
you mean if one is suitable? Accepted by fdo/gnome/kde or is it enought
if it suits xfce's needs?

Jani




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