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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 2003 11:04:27 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
Subject:   Re: need your opinion/vote for name of gdesklets...
Message-ID:  <1069344267.783.28.camel@gyros>
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On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 10:51, Franz Klammer wrote:
> Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>=20
> > On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:04:06 +0100, Alexander Leidinger=20
> > <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 wa=
nt
> >> to change it if it isn't 2)?
> >
> >
> > I am not sure, but I prefer to add 'gdesklets-' for ease to search. In=20
> > gentoo, they do desklet-<name>display and desklet-<name>sensor, no=20
> > space between. In Debian, they put all stuff together in a package and=20
> > name it as gdesklets-data.
> >
> > I personal think I will go for #2 above.
> >
>=20
> looks like the standard ist: there is no standard ;-)
>=20
> 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.

>=20
> eg: gdesklets-sensor-psi_iconbutton
>=20
> why we don't think about a 3rd solution:
>=20
> display&sensors:    gdesklets-<name>
> display only:       gdesklets-<name>
> sensor only:        sensor-<name>

This could lend itself to namespace conflicts.

>=20
> 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?

Joe

>=20
> franz.
>=20
> > Cheers,
> > Mezz
> >
> >> Bye,
> >> Alexander.
> >
> >
> >
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