And who would that "someone" be? I'm not advocating GConf for becoming the standard config storage mechanism for Unix. I'm simply defending it from people who t

And who would that "someone" be? I'm not advocating GConf for becoming the standard config storage mechanism for Unix. I'm simply defending it from people who think that it sucks for the wrong reasons. And as someone else mentioned, the files are plain XML that you can edit with a text editor. No special tools.