Comment 2 for bug 181651

GConf sync in Conduit is working, but relies on applications listening for their gconf keys changing. This didn't happen when John Stowers tested the original version of the gconf code so panel sync (for example) didn't work without killing and restarting the relevant processes :-(

If Awn will have multiple backends then the correct approach would probably be to give Awn some kind of dbus interface that provided access to this information. Would it be possible for Awn to have this, either built in or (i suppose ideally from the Awn POV) via a plugin/extension?