On 3/25/07, Gustavo R. Montesino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Em Sáb, 2007-03-24 às 21:48 -0500, Yaakov (Cygwin Ports) escreveu: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > > > Gustavo R. Montesino wrote: > > > Just wondering... Are the plugin .pc files added in 2.99.6 really > > > useful? AFAICT it doesn't make sense to link something against a libgda > > > plugin. > > > > The reasoning for this, as stated in the bug requesting this feature[1], > > is to be able to detect that a specific plugin is actually available. > > This is the technique used by cairo, for example. > > > > [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353404 > > I've looked the bug report, and it doesn't make much sense to me... > Shouldn't a well designed libgda application be database-agnostic?
It should, but nothing prevents someone to write an application targetting a specific provider (using some special SQL, etc) or a list of providers, and this makes it possible. It's just a feature, you don't have to use it. Regards, Vivien _______________________________________________ gnome-db-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-db-list
