(Regarding the identity config info that's independent of program preferences, like mail account logins and address book, and their lack of portability.)
On Friday 05 January 2007 11:36, Jonathan Hutchins wrote:
I don't know what the answer is, but there oughta be a better way.
On Friday 05 January 2007 11:42, Luke -Jr wrote:
Perhaps start a FreeDesktop project for creating common configuration files. eg, ~/.irc-client or such
I don't think we need binary compatibility; that precludes advances in how the info is stored.
Perhaps something from the old FIDOnet BBS days would be good - a common format (XML?) user-readable text file that is read whenever it's changed/updated and compiled into whatever format a given program uses; and is updates if changes are made within that program's interface.