[Slackbuilds-users] GConf and GORbit

[King Beowulf]

On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 9:59 PM, Patrick J. Volkerding <
volkerdi at slackware.com> wrote:

> On 03/23/2011 07:49 AM, Willy Sudiarto Raharjo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> GConf and GORbit are now included in -Current, so i guess it can be
>> deleted from SBo ?
>>
>
> I'm not so sure that they should be.  I mean, I did try to hide them a bit
> -- they aren't just directory in /extra.  Maybe there should be a
> differently named directory than /extra for things like GConf and ORBit2.
>
> I'll leave the name of such a directory as an exercise for the reader.
>
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The one reason I haven't tried chrome is

"GConf is a configuration database system, functionally similar to the
Windows registry."

And now I am convinced it should be purged from both Slackware and SBo.
Anything mentioning "Windows Registry" gives me a rash in my nether
regions.  'Twas Winders that drove me to Slackware...

...don't even get me started.

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