Aaron writes about the stupidity of DConf. To be honest, I haven't been following the DConf discussions very closely at all, so I can't really comment in any useful way on the proposed standard, the people pushing it, whatever. All I can say is that fd.o is currently two machines with a couple of people have root on, that happens to run some reasonably popular lists. Anyone can subscribe and post, so what one person says, or a few people say, on xdg, might not be reflective of the opinion of the people who will be implementing and integrating whichever technology finally comes about. I don't doubt that a useful technology will come out of this -- if DConf is a failure, so be it. I'm sure that if it is, then something useful will be borne of its ashes.

That being said, I think if any good standard comes about, it will be a very good thing. I think the goal is worthwhile enough to persist with any bumps that may come along the way. But then again, I'm just hot-airing on a couple of planets, not writing any code, so take my views with the appropriate grain of salt. :)