On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 11:23 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > <off-topic> > Well, since you mention working on Evolution, I just can't > resist this. Notice the extra ">" preceding "From" at the > start of the above paragraph? IIRC, this is used to escape > a line starting with "From" in mailbox files, since "From" > is used to start a new email. Why doesn't evolution strip > this escape when it displays the message to me?
Bug. http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=475359 > </off-topic> > > > Changing the term Plugin means, All the dependent user-docs, wiki > pages, > > developer-docs, FAQ pages, screenshots should also be updated. Some > > distros ship plugins as seperate RPMs/packages. So these rpm/package > > names should also be changed. IMHO it is too much of an effort with > > lesser benefits. > > Changing terminology is always a bigger undertaking than > people think it is, and the end result is usually far less > comprehensive than people anticipated. Witness: > > * We recommend using "folder" over "directory", but the > term "directory" is still very prominent. > * We changed "shade" to "roll up", but among the shaders > I know, none of them ever say "roll up". > * We recommend against using "combo box". As if. > * We recommend using "point to" instead of "hover". Yet > another losing battle. > > I could go on. In general, I think "extension" is a far > better word than "plugin". The question is, is it worth > the bound-to-partially-fail effort? No, IMHO. And you gave a much better witness list than I could have :) -- Sankar P _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
