Xfconf ported to GDBus

[Ali Abdallah]

Hey,

I went that option for three reasons:

1) Because it requires no API changes.
2) Simpler (look at xfconf-backend-perchannel-xml, it is all build 
around GValues).
3) An application using libxfconf is expected to be using GValues 
internally. The app should not
  handle GVariants, as GVariants are meant only for dbus transfers.

Regards,
Ali

On 04/26/2016 04:05 PM, flo.xfce at gmx-topmail.de wrote:
> Thanks for your work Ali.
> A while ago you mentioned thoughts about possible API changes in xfconf
> as a result of your porting work. So from what I can see in the commits
> you went for option 1) with the internal GValue <-> GVariant conversion.
> Could you please explain why you went with this option?
>
> Kind regards
>
> On 04/24/16 22:12, Ali Abdallah wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> This is to announce that I have "almost" finished from porting xfconf to
>> gdbus.
>> http://git.xfce.org/users/ali/xfconf/
>>
>> I'm running the new version which does not depend on dbus-glib anymore,
>> with no apparent problem. But anyway I'm planning to perform a couple of
>> tests to sort out any possible issues. I still need to port/test the
>> perl binding.
>>
>> I'll shortly be working on something else, for that I gently ask
>> everybody to keep the following page up to date:
>>
>> https://wiki.xfce.org/releng/4.14/roadmap
>>
>> I want to avoid picking up a module which somebody is already working on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ali
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