On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 09:26:57 +0200 Olav Vitters wrote:

You have command line tools for gconf as well as dconf: gconftool-2 gsettings

That's two interfaces that depend on installed binaries and you haven't listed them all yet, not only is the syntax rediculously long compared to for example a sed command but it certainly isn't a truly universal interface that would work from say even a minimal boot cd or even a hexeditor or by hand. Apparently they are meant to make it easier for administrators, yet they cost us time. I guess more user testing as well as dev testing is required.