RE: [Desktop_architects] Deskop configuration management

2005-12-27 Thread Bastian, Waldo
>On Tuesday 27 December 2005 11:45, you wrote: >> > - XDG_DATA_DIRS. this has already caused problems for us with the menu >> >spec in that it can't be changed within a session, >> >> Why would you want that? > >because they are set wrong. That's the cause that needs fixing then. The rest is fixi

Re: [Desktop_architects] Deskop configuration management

2005-12-27 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
On Tuesday 27 December 2005 11:45, you wrote: > > - XDG_DATA_DIRS. this has already caused problems for us with the menu > >spec in that it can't be changed within a session, > > Why would you want that? because they are set wrong. so the user has to set up the env var then log out, log back in .

RE: [Desktop_architects] Deskop configuration management

2005-12-27 Thread Bastian, Waldo
> - XDG_DATA_DIRS. this has already caused problems for us with the menu >spec in that it can't be changed within a session, Why would you want that? >can't be changed by >installing a new desktop (think of multiple desktops on the same system) Each desktop startup sequence can adjust it accordi

[Desktop_architects] project status with regard to the cross-desktop message drafts

2005-12-27 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
hi all... in the spirit of keeping this process moving, can we have an update on where the various projects are with regard to vetting the drafts of the community, public and FD.o documents within their projects for adoption? as for KDE, we've discussed it on our KDE eV list and seem to have ar

Re: [Desktop_architects] Deskop configuration management

2005-12-27 Thread Aaron J. Seigo
hi philip.. before i comment on the email and spec itself (which i do below), we need to ensure that we don't go at it back-asswards (yet again). instead of trying to posit a standard at the umbrella level and then getting everyone to implement it (a pathway to and from failure), standard possi

[Desktop_architects] Deskop configuration management

2005-12-27 Thread Philip Van Hoof
On most platforms, Desktop configuration management is ugly. Yet it's a feature that is often requested. The platform that implements the most used desktop configuration management is Microsoft Windows with it's Group Policy features*. These features also allow for "Remote" Desktop Configuration Ma