Comment 20 for bug 93546

gconf uses a technique that the first instance is opening a port on which the
other instances from the same user can connect to. only the first instance use
the files directly (better: write them).
i think this technique is not bad, because the normal way is that the profile is
located in a networkwide lan where ports can opened and connected in them.

if the first instance of the application dies, another becomes the writer instance.