Re: [Syllable-kernel] Arno's kernel patches

[Saem G. <sae...@gm...>]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:37:06 -0500, Daniel Gryniewicz <da...@fp...> wrote:
> >  OTOH,
> > while d-bus seems to have some momentum, integration between it and
> > GNOME or KDE is still pretty minimal, as far as I can tell.
> 
> Not quite true.  Gnome 2.10 will have a considerable amount of dbus
> integration, and will require it to be installed to work properly.  For
> example, you mentioned Gnome Volume Manager.  There's also
> NetworkManager, which listens for interface events (loss of carrier, new
> wireless AP, etc.) and automatically configures networking.  Evolution
> will emit various dbus messages based on state of mail/calenders, etc.
> For example, it emits a new-mail message, and uses dbus to notify a
> watcher that a scheduled event has fired from the calender.  There are
> other examples as well.  By Gnome 2.12/3.0, dbus should be completely
> integrated into Gnome, and be a full requirement.  I don't follow KDE,
> so I don't know what it's doing, but dbus is the wave of the future for
> Gnome, and generally will be required for all Linux.

KDE has had DCOP it's own messaging system.  DBUS integration is
planned, basically AFAIK DCOP will sit on top of DBUS as a legacy
while everyone else will migrate to DBUS, KDE 4.0 is supposed to
herald this change.  There is HUGE momentum behind this stuff.