On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 9:13 PM, Peter Hutterer <peter.hutte...@who-t.net> wrote:
>
> This series will be more controversial than the last 8 but let's see. The
> patches here change the xsetwacom parameter names into something that's
> slighly more self-explanatory.
>
> Yes, we know what "RelWDn" means, but I'm sure my great-grandfather, if I had
> one, would throwing his false teeth at me for making no sense.
> "RelWheelDown", otoh, is a parameter name we can believe in.
> Same goes for all the other names, except the Button mapping change which is
> mostly to keep the code a bit simpler and not keep 32 near-identical structs
> around.
>
> FAQ:
> - Won't this break user's scripts?
>  Yes, such is life.
> - But they relied on xsetwacom's interface to be stable!
>  Yes, I can see the problem right there. It isn't.
> - Will the world end because of this?
>  Unlikely, but if it does you'll get your money back.

>From a pure developer's perspective, I have no preference. But I work
for the users. When a decision affects them, I'd like to know what
they think. Let's "poll the audience" to see if they want to bid on
the money back or not ;).

"Audience", please share your thoughts with us so we may make a
decision that satisfies most users.

Thank you.

Ping

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