GNetwork Library Frequently Asked Questions:
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Check here before pestering :-)

Q.) Why doesn't the GNetwork Library use Link/GNet/libsoup?
A.) This library is intended to unify all the above libraries into one,
    easy-to-code-for library. Specifically:
      1.) Link doesn't return specific errors, cache DNS returns, or handle
	  proxies. All these features are useful to applications.
      2.) GNet doesn't use GObject, or cache DNS return, or do a whole lot of
	  things in a non-blocking way. It also doesn't support non-SOCKS
	  proxies.
      3.) Libsoup doesn't use GObject.
    Really, parts of the GNetwork library operate like parts of the above three
    libraries. It's object-oriented and threadsafe, like Link, handles UDP & IP
    multicast like GNet, and abuses GIOChannel for TCP/IP connections, like
    libsoup.

Q.) So, is the GNetwork Library a GNOME Library?
A.) Not strictly. It was intended to be used primarily by GNOME applications,
    but it does not use any libraries with "gnome" in the name. It depends on:
      GConf2 (& thus libbonobo and ORBit2)
      Glib/GThread/GObject 2.4
    and optionally:
      GnuTLS or OpenSSL
    So, it depends on three packages which one would typically install
    only for GNOME (GConf, ORBit, & Bonobo), but are not strictly
    "GNOME-only". You make the call :-)

Q.) Why did you write *another* networking library, aren't there, like,
    5000?
A.) I dunno, why use socket()? Why not just write the raw data directly to the
    ethernet card's buffer... If you've got a specific lib in mind, see #1.

Q.) Where/how do I report a bug?
A.) First, if it is a crash, make sure the crash is actually GNetwork's fault,
    and not the app freeing some memory that GNetwork expects expects or
    overflowing a buffer or something (after all, this is C). Of particular
    importance is running your application with the MALLOC_CHECK_ environment
    variable set. With all that out of the way, there's a bugzilla module at:
	http://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=gnome-network