On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:57:33 -0300 Lucas De Marchi
<lucas.demar...@profusion.mobi> said:

> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com>
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:24:08 -0300 Lucas De Marchi
> > <lucas.demar...@profusion.mobi> said:
> >
> >> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 4:13 PM,  <michael.blumenkra...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@samsung.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> On 16/04/13 16:01, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Tom Hacohen <tom.haco...@samsung.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> On 16/04/13 15:26, Lucas De Marchi wrote:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Tom Hacohen
> >> >>>>> <tom.haco...@samsung.com> wrote:
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Hey guys,
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> How are you? I just noticed that 'edbus' installs headers under:
> >> >>>>>> prefix/include/edbus-1
> >> >>>>>> while using the
> >> >>>>>> pkgconfig name 'edbus2'
> >> >>>>>> the library name 'libedbus2'
> >> >>>>>> and an header called 'EDbus.h'.
> >> >>>>>>
> >> >>>>>> Luckily for us, it's not too late to fix it. Only question, what
> >> >>>>>> should
> >> >>>>>> we
> >> >>>>>> change it to? Everywhere with the 2 or everywhere without the 2?
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> E_DBus installed edbus.pc and libedbus.so - that's why we needed to
> >> >>>>> put a 2 in the name.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> However the name is edbus and has no relations with the previous
> >> >>>>> library. It's not a new version, it's a complete different one. So
> >> >>>>> appending a "2" in headers and include path is the wrong thing to do.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> If ebus was available I would vote for that. It seems we are short
> >> >>>>> in options for names.
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Lucas De Marchi
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I understand putting the 2 was needed, but if we add it once, we
> >> >>>> should add
> >> >>>> it everywhere. It's annoyingly inconsistent.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Why did you choose 2 then? Why not 4? Or A? You chose 2 because
> >> >>>> it's the
> >> >>>> best explanation, as it is, although mostly unrelated, e_dbus v2. And
> >> >>>> if
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> because it was not me is the best explanation.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> that's good enough there, it's good enough everywhere.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> In conclusion, I see no harm in using edbus2 all around the place.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> it's not good enough there, even less everywhere.  The visible part to
> >> >>> the developer is the include path and the namespace. And these should
> >> >>> reflect the library name. If anything change everything to something
> >> >>> else, but don't put the 2 there.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Let's wait to see what others think, as we disagree about the source of
> >> >> the problem, and that's: is this a major inconsistency that should be
> >> >> solved.
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyhow, regarding different names: I suggest edbus2.
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Tom.
> >> >>
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> >> >
> >> > I agree with whatever demarchi says.
> >>
> >> I disagree.
> >>
> >>
> >> oh, wait...
> >>
> >> Lucas De Marchi
> >
> > :-P ... i have to say though - consistency is good. not just for devs, but
> > packagers and anyone looking at their filesystem. if things are named in a
> > consistent pattern it is easy to know what belongs where without needing
> > package databases or other forensics tools.
> 
> Sure it's good, no doubt. Just that renaming to edbus2 for the sake of
> consistency is even worse, not because of the rename, but because of
> the name chosen.
> 
> ebus? anyone?
> 
> Lucas De Marchi

whatever the name chosen is, if .pc file, header include dir, header names, and
library name are all consistent in terms of pattern/convention then we are
good.:)


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