Re: [gnome-db] Data Sources in libgda 4.0.
Vivien Malerba <[email protected]>
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2009/6/18 Murray Cumming <[email protected]> > > > > > > Because as I said the components are very much > > inter-dependant > > > > > > Could you give me some example, please. It seems wise to know > > for sure. > > > > Some quick examples: > > * as Libgda has some objects which export attributes directly rather > > than using accessor methods, any change in Libgda has an impact on the > > UI side which use them > > * The UI part can benefit from the binary relocation code of Libgda > > without having to have its own > > * Having a control center (to manage DSN, much like ODBC's one) is a > > necessity, but this is a GUI program which shares some code with the > > UI part, so separating them would result in code duplication > > > > Anyway, the UI part in Libgda (as it's now in the master branch) is > > still optionnal (activated if GTK+ is found), so Libgda can still be > > compiled without any UI part at all. > > This sounds like a dependency, not an inter-dependency, and I see no > reason not to be modular like the rest of GNOME. > > If you won't change your mind, please state clearly in all > announcements, READMEs, etc, that the UI part should be packaged > separately by distros. That might reduce some of the inevitable > packaging problems. > Ok, then I'll add a "packaging" section to the docs and will reference it in the REAMEs,.. Vivien _______________________________________________ gnome-db-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list