[Freeipa-devel] [Fwd: PolicyKit 0.90 (pre-)release]

[Simo Sorce]

On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 09:56 -0500, John Dennis wrote:
> Stephen Gallagher wrote:
> > As mentioned earlier I've been working on a rewrite of PolicyKit here
> >
> > Here's a brief list of differences
> >
> >  - GLib is used throughout so the porting issues (for BSD and Solaris)
> >    with libkit etc. should be a thing of the past
> >   
> In the past I had suggested using glib to gain a data structure and 
> utility library for our use rather than rewriting and debugging common 
> code. There was some push back about it not being available on other 
> platforms as well as depending on an external library. I see David has 
> adopted glib, in part to ease foreign platform porting issues. Perhaps 
> we should reconsider our position with regards to glib and derive a 
> benefit from reusable code.

I still think I have a problem with libraries that use assert() ...

Simo.

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