[csw-maintainers] /testing Some X11 proto updates

Sebastian Kayser skayser at opencsw.org
Sat Sep 26 19:58:36 CEST 2009


Dagobert Michelsen wrote on 26.09.2009 10:59:
> Am 25.09.2009 um 19:27 schrieb Philip Brown:
> 
>> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 1:36 PM, William Bonnet  
>> <william at wbonnet.net> wrote:
>>> Proposition are listed in this poll :
>>>
>>> http://doodle.com/huc5w789f4gmft79
>>>
>> i finally got around to looking at this... and seems like an option  
>> is missing.
>>
>> you were comparing what happens to something called "fooproto".
>>
>> you give "xfooxproto" as an option (which is very confusing to me,
>> sticking something in the  MIDDLE). But you dont have "xfooproto" as
>> an option.
> 
> William, Sebastian, Maciej: Why do you think it is a good idea to
> reorder the naming parts of the software? Like
>    inputproto -> x11proto_input

Simply as a way to group them via a common prefix. But honestly, i don't
mind having a shorter one either.

We will hit the 20 chars limit with x11proto_ and that in turn will drag
a whole other discussion with it. One that we need to have some time,
but maybe not this time.

Sebastian



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