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Date:      Thu, 20 Nov 2003 16:51:31 +0100
From:      Franz Klammer <klammer@webonaut.com>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: need your opinion/vote for name of gdesklets...
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Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:04:06 +0100, Alexander Leidinger 
> <Alexander@Leidinger.net> wrote:
>
>> On 19 Nov 2003 16:25:05 -0500
>> Adam Weinberger <adamw@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>
>>> > 1)
>>> > gdesklets-<name>-sensor
>>> > gdesklets-<name>-display
>>> >
>>> > 2)
>>> > gdesklets-sensor-<name>
>>> > gdesklets-display-<name>
>>> >
>>> > Which is better? 1 or 2? Vote....
>>
>>
>>
>>> I like 2 better. That way, I can easily search for gdesklets sensors by
>>> doing locate gdesklets-sensor-.
>>
>>
>> That's a very good reason...
>
>
> I agree, #2 is already a winner.
>
>> What's the gdesklet syntax for referring to sensors/displays? Do we want
>> to change it if it isn't 2)?
>
>
> I am not sure, but I prefer to add 'gdesklets-' for ease to search. In 
> gentoo, they do desklet-<name>display and desklet-<name>sensor, no 
> space between. In Debian, they put all stuff together in a package and 
> name it as gdesklets-data.
>
> I personal think I will go for #2 above.
>

looks like the standard ist: there is no standard ;-)

i've now PR'd one of the sensors. but i think the name is too
long if we use gdesklet-sensor-<name>

eg: gdesklets-sensor-psi_iconbutton

why we don't think about a 3rd solution:

display&sensors:    gdesklets-<name>
display only:       gdesklets-<name>
sensor only:        sensor-<name>

with that solution you will find only desklets with an display.
sensor-only ports should be installed automatically as dependency.
a normal user doen't need to find it and a developer knows how
to search.

franz.

> Cheers,
> Mezz
>
>> Bye,
>> Alexander.
>
>
>

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