Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 17:18:15 +0100 From: Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net> Subject: Re: need your opinion/vote for name of gdesklets... Message-ID: <3FBCE947.3070306@webonaut.com> In-Reply-To: <1069344267.783.28.camel@gyros> References: <opryv52asf8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <3FBB95BB.2090105@webonaut.com> <opryv7g9p48ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <3FBB9CD2.4070201@webonaut.com> <opryv9mu0j8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <opryv9s1gb8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <3FBBA862.3070008@webonaut.com> <oprywbmdss8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <3FBBBBA6.5010301@webonaut.com> <oprywh92mh8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <20031119212505.GQ40706@toxic.magnesium.net> <20031119230406.001541f1.Alexander@Leidinger.net> <opryw6newg8ckrg5@smtp.central.cox.net> <3FBCE303.8060202@webonaut.com> <1069344267.783.28.camel@gyros>
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Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: >On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:51, Franz Klammer wrote: > > >>Jeremy Messenger wrote: >> >> >> >>>On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:04:06 +0100, Alexander Leidinger >>><Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>On 19 Nov 2003 16:25:05 -0500 >>>>Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>>1) >>>>>>gdesklets-<name>-sensor >>>>>>gdesklets-<name>-display >>>>>> >>>>>>2) >>>>>>gdesklets-sensor-<name> >>>>>>gdesklets-display-<name> >>>>>> >>>>>>Which is better? 1 or 2? Vote.... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>I like 2 better. That way, I can easily search for gdesklets sensors by >>>>>doing locate gdesklets-sensor-. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>That's a very good reason... >>>> >>>> >>>I agree, #2 is already a winner. >>> >>> >>> >>>>What's the gdesklet syntax for referring to sensors/displays? Do we want >>>>to change it if it isn't 2)? >>>> >>>> >>>I am not sure, but I prefer to add 'gdesklets-' for ease to search. In >>>gentoo, they do desklet-<name>display and desklet-<name>sensor, no >>>space between. In Debian, they put all stuff together in a package and >>>name it as gdesklets-data. >>> >>>I personal think I will go for #2 above. >>> >>> >>> >>looks like the standard ist: there is no standard ;-) >> >>i've now PR'd one of the sensors. but i think the name is too >>long if we use gdesklet-sensor-<name> >> >> > >But that's not so bad with PKGNAMEPREFIX and PKGNAMESUFFIX. Of course, >this violates the current naming convention. > > > >>eg: gdesklets-sensor-psi_iconbutton >> >>why we don't think about a 3rd solution: >> >>display&sensors: gdesklets-<name> >>display only: gdesklets-<name> >>sensor only: sensor-<name> >> >> > >This could lend itself to namespace conflicts. > > > >>with that solution you will find only desklets with an display. >>sensor-only ports should be installed automatically as dependency. >>a normal user doen't need to find it and a developer knows how >>to search. >> >> > >True. But what's really wrong with the long name? > > > shar was the "problem". in gdesklets-sensor-psi_iconbutton i had to rename the patch "patch-Install_IconButton_Sensor.bin" to "patch-Install_Sensor.bin" because shar couldn't extract the archive: "bad EOF marker for <<" (something like that :-)) franz. >Joe > > > >>franz. >> >> >> >>>Cheers, >>>Mezz >>> >>> >>> >>>>Bye, >>>>Alexander. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- webonaut.com :: web technology klammer@webonaut.com :: http://webonaut.com/ fon +43-664-3434708 -- MIG_media intelligence group > agentur für werbung & neue medien A-5020 Salzburg > Linzergasse 21 Fon +43-662-453091-0 > Fax -99 office@mig.co.at > http://www.mig.co.at --
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