On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Carsten Haitzler <ras...@rasterman.com> wrote:
> 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.:)
>
>

Platypus.h
platypus.pc
libplatypus.so

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