> > libbse, libgic and libgpf are NO extensions. Thus, how should we mark
> > ggi libs, which are NO extensions? IMO, extensions should be
> > distinguishable from non-extensions by their (package-)names.
> I clearly seem to fail to understand why this would be important, but 
> anyway, this is not a problem (possibly an aesthetic issue, though).

I'd as well say, it's an aesthetic issue. The only thing that differntiates
an extension from a lib that merely uses libGGI is, that extensions tend to
be locked to a specific LibGGI version as they have access to internal
structures.

> Mind you, the number of packages depending on libggi is sinking 
> continously ...
>  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's bad, but no wonder. I will detail on this in another post.

> Please, consider how you really want to call your libs and extensions 
> wrt. filenames! What a nice plug, that even one of your core dev's had 
> to find that the name of any lib had silently changed 

Yeah well. Maybe some misunderstanding. It has been rolled back to 
libggiwmh, which is IMHO a good thing to avoid namespace pollution.

If all Libs that are clearly dependent on LibGGI and originate form the
GGI project carry a ggi in the name, this might actually promote the
term GGI further and it seems to cause the fewest problems with namespace
as well.

> and the cases that i bring up to you as The Project. I'm really sorry 
> if i make you feel uncomfortable from time to time ...

No - you are very right to make us feel uncomfortable from time to time.
We usually deserve it. I already took some slapping with a red haddock
from Christoph earlier that day, for dropping silent for so long,
and I think I also deserved that.

The misunderstanding with wmh could have been avoided easily, if we
would communicate better.

I'll detail on that now in another post.

CU, Andy

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