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      As a rule of thumb, when writing a library which uses DBus please
      <em>always</em> make asynchronous DBus method calls.  You never know when
      someone will write a system using your library which, via a series of
      plugins, ends up calling itself.  A single main loop and blocking DBus
      calls are not a great combination, and leads to lots of frustration.
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    <p>
      Yes, <tt>libnotify</tt>, I'm looking at you.
    </p>

    <p>
      <small>NP: <cite>Out of Season</cite>, Beth Gibbons</small>
    </p>
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