Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread David Zeuthen
On Fri, 2009-12-11 at 02:11 -0800, [email protected] wrote: >So thinking about this a bit more, the question that should be > asked here is "what *is* this project"? What is or should be the > expectaction, requirements, or architecture of the project formally > known as DeviceKit-Disks (or

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread David Zeuthen
On Thu, 2009-12-10 at 20:49 -0800, [email protected] wrote: >I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it doesn't surprise me that > this is considered OS neutral. However, the fact that "U" sits > prominantly in the name implies that it is derived from 'udev': a > Linux-only facility. As I sai

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread Ali Abdallah
On 12/11/2009 12:12 PM, Krzysztof Kotlenga wrote: > Richard Hughes wrote: > > >> 2009/12/11 Martin Pitt: >> >>> Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other >>> projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel", >>> "browser", and "instant-messenger". >>>

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread Krzysztof Kotlenga
Richard Hughes wrote: > 2009/12/11 Martin Pitt : > > Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other > > projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel", > > "browser", and "instant-messenger". > > upower is instantly more googlable than power. Not to mention how mor

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread randyf
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Martin Pitt wrote: > [email protected] [2009-12-11 1:43 -0800]: >> And to me, 'disks' or even 'disk' fits much better than 'udisk' >> (what is a 'udisk' service). And if we talk about power, why >> 'upower'? > > You are reading this in the application called "mail", a

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread randyf
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Martin Pitt wrote: > Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other > projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel", > "browser", and "instant-messenger". > > Martin > So thinking about this a bit more, the question that should be asked h

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread Martin Pitt
[email protected] [2009-12-11 1:43 -0800]: > And to me, 'disks' or even 'disk' fits much better than 'udisk' > (what is a 'udisk' service). And if we talk about power, why > 'upower'? You are reading this in the application called "mail", and you are looking at web pages in the "webbrowser"

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread randyf
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Richard Hughes wrote: > 2009/12/11 Martin Pitt : >> Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other >> projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel", >> "browser", and "instant-messenger". > > upower is instantly more googlable than power.

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread randyf
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009, Martin Pitt wrote: > [email protected] [2009-12-10 23:17 -0800]: >> If the "U" is useuless, then remove it. As we are describing >> disks, devices, or power, then take the "U" out, and describe the >> service, which is POWER, DEVICES, or DISKS. > > Calling it "disks" wa

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread Richard Hughes
2009/12/11 Martin Pitt : > Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other > projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel", > "browser", and "instant-messenger". upower is instantly more googlable than power. Richard. ___

Re: DBus method naming of upower/udisks

2009-12-11 Thread Martin Pitt
[email protected] [2009-12-10 23:17 -0800]: > If the "U" is useuless, then remove it. As we are describing > disks, devices, or power, then take the "U" out, and describe the > service, which is POWER, DEVICES, or DISKS. Calling it "disks" was actually on the table, but that isn't a proper no