[maemo-developers] Some DBus related questions

[From: Tim Teulings]

Hello!

>> The problem is, that I'm not an Gtk application. So there are IMHO two
>> possibilities:
> 
> I assume you mean you don't use the Glib main loop. Gtk is not needed
> for D-Bus communication.

Correct. That was inprecise wording

>> * Generate a separate thread that uses a glib main event loop and try to
>> get libosso and libconic to run using this event loop - communication
>> with the rest of my application using thread synchronisations. Would
>> that work?

> Maybe that would work, but it's certainly a horrible hack. 

Why? Glib allows to create additional main event loops, libosso
explicitely allows to set an event loop. If this is a hack, why this APIs?

> I think the simplest solution is to use Glib main loop in your program.
> Otherwise you would need to hack the libraries to work with your non-
> Glib main loop (which is not impossible, but quite a lot of work).  Glib
> main loop is like the GPL, it contaminates your program :)

I don't want to. I'm having my own GUI library, why should I use
GlibMain loop?

And finally, if I would be writing an QT application, would you force me
to use GlibMainLoop, too ;-)? What is the masterplan for future OS
versions that will integrate QT better?

That does not sound reasonable. There must/should be another way. IMHO
the dbus is a perfect platform and language neutral way to communicate
between processes, why should I forced to use a wrapper library that
restricts me in my choice of tools? Why do not publish the dbus
interfaces, and instead write wrapper librarys instead (of course it is
OK to have both. I have no problem with having additional efforts If I
do not use Gtk).

What about testing any of the dbus interfaces under scratchbox. Is there
a way?

-- 
Gruß...
       Tim