Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-04-03 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, Dan White wrote: gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is a framework for creating database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for handling many database tasks. It's

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-04-01 Thread Nicolás Lichtmaier
gnome-db is a a shot at something like the ODBC api's available under windows. I proposed the idea on gnome-list many moons ago, and it was picked up by Michael Lausch, who I believe is the main developer. But why don't they use ODBC on Linux?

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-04-01 Thread Adam Keys
At the time there wasn't strong odbc support for Linux. This was around the summer of 1998, back when GNOME was mystic to build, and there were no Debian packages (Jim Pick was the maintainer at the time, not to insult him :) ). I believe the plan was to use ODBC at some level, but I do not know

ITP: gnome-db

2000-03-31 Thread Dan White
gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is a framework for creating database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for handling many database tasks. It's also part of gnome office

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-03-31 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Dan White wrote: gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is a framework for creating database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for handling many database tasks. It's also part of

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-03-31 Thread Jacob Kuntz
gnome-db is more intended to be a replacement for MS Access than for the windows registry. gconf is one of the may attempts to create a centralized configuration system for linux. Wichert Akkerman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Previously Dan White wrote: gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db)

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-03-31 Thread Dan White
Wichert Akkerman wrote: Previously Dan White wrote: gnome-db (http://www.gnome.org/gnome-db) is a framework for creating database applications. It provides a common API with pluggable back ends to different database sources as well as various specialized widgets for handling many

Re: ITP: gnome-db

2000-03-31 Thread Adam Keys
gnome-db is a a shot at something like the ODBC api's available under windows. I proposed the idea on gnome-list many moons ago, and it was picked up by Michael Lausch, who I believe is the main developer. gconf is a shot at something like .ini files, or the windows registry. On Fri, Mar 31,