On Saturday 14 December 2002 15:06, Filip Spacek wrote: > Personally, I would prefer something like > libggi_window_manager_hints.so, because I don't quite see the need > for shortening the name. And this goes for all extensions: > libggi_descriptive_name_of_the_extension.so. Currently, I have > absolutely no idea what half of the acronyms stand for, and really, I > don't think there's any need to use few characters. As far as I know, > none of the OSs that libggi supports have stringent limits on the > number of characters in the name and the amount of typing saved by > shortening it is really minimal.
Because_this_is_neither_windows_NorAda.extend.here.at.will. I receive complaints about things not being readable on 80x25. I ended up with pkg name: libggi2-libwmh0-target-x-dev, could be libggiwmh0x-dev, libggi2svga > > On the other hand, I didn't write any of the extensions, so I > shouln't be questioning authors' choices of names. > > -Filip Sorry, if you find i'm insisting or sth. like that. I feel that i have unsolved problems (some more?: eg. module-versioning). Tell me to shut up or to try to do more mindreading about authors reasons for those choices (am i not correct with: building up GGI, concentrating on writing fine libs for the project with easy names, ...) I think your statement is correct and valid. I think libggiwmh has it all: distinction, elegance, few chars to type. Neither variant seems to be able to make both of us happy. Either i'm confused or there are unsolved issues that confuse (me). Decisions should be made before going further with release. Lay out a stable concept with v.2 giving developers a clear view of a stable GGI. Albert Einstein: Halte die Dinge so einfach wie moeglich, aber nicht einfacher. "Keep things as simple as possible, but not simpler!" If you don't take sth. upon yourself, somebody else _will have to_. greetings, martin (packaging gii, splitting x and really wondering / worrying about module-versions. libgii-target-x or libgii0-target-x is the question here, together with etc/ggi, lib/ggi all along).
