Desktop/Whiteboards/InhibitApis

Problem

The Inhibit pattern has proven to be quite successful. But, we currently (as of GNOME 2.24) have the following different uses:

* http://www.gnome.org/~mccann/gnome-screensaver/docs/gnome-screensaver.html#gs-method-Inhibit
* http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/temp/dbus-interface.html#dbus-inhibit
* http://www.gnome.org/~mccann/gnome-session/docs/gnome-session.html#org.gnome.SessionManager.Inhibit

Discussion

Action	Interface
Session idleness	org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Inhibit
Automatic screen locking	org.gnome.ScreenSaver.Inhibit
Switching users	org.gnome.SessionManager.Inhibit
Automatic suspend	org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Inhibit
Automatic hibernation	org.freedesktop.PowerManagement.Inhibit
Logout	org.gnome.SessionManager.Inhibit
Reboot/Shutdown	TBD

References

* http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334809#c6