Re: dbus and GNOME 2.8

From: Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo(at)gnome-db(dot)org>
To: Markus Bertheau <twanger(at)bluetwanger(dot)de>
Cc: jamie <jamiemcc(at)blueyonder(dot)co(dot)uk>, Paolo Maggi <paolo(dot)maggi(at)polito(dot)it>, "Gustavo J(dot) A(dot) M(dot) Carneiro" <gjc(at)inescporto(dot)pt>, GNOME Desktop Hackers <desktop-devel-list(at)gnome(dot)org>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: dbus and GNOME 2.8
Date: 2004-04-06 00:03:29
Message-ID: 1081209809.20852.5.camel@cerler.home
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On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 01:12 +0200, Markus Bertheau wrote:
> В Пнд, 05.04.2004, в 19:50, Rodrigo Moya пишет:
> > the problem with using RDBMS is that you impose on users the obligation
> > of having it installed before using the app. For some RDBMS (like
> > PostgreSQL, for instance) while not really hard for an advanced user, it
> > is quite hard for novice users to install it, setup initial permissions,
> > etc. And installing/running a RDBMS per user seems to not be a good
> > idea.
>
> PostgreSQL can easily be set up automatically by a software daemon of
> some sort, without manual intervention.
>
yes, I know, but what if I add later on a user to the system? Giving
permissions to that user and create a database for it is not an easy
task for 'normal' desktop users.

cheers

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