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

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