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Seif Lotfy (seif) wrote : Re: [Bug 681887] Re: Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop

I agree with that approach
Maybe we can do that over the next 3 releases.
So for natty we will have 2 namespaces while for natty+1 we will have only
one

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Morten Mjelva <email address hidden>wrote:

> I think mhr3's suggestion about using two namespaces for a while is a
> good solution.
> If we keep our existing gnome namespace, but deprecate it, and at the
> same time move to freedesktop for 0.7, we could remove the gnome
> namespace in some later release.
>
> On 28 November 2010 17:17, Seif Lotfy <email address hidden> wrote:
> > The submission is to have the whole team discuss. I dont take the
> > decision.
> >
> > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Morten Mjelva
> > <email address hidden>wrote:
> >
> >> Dude, what the hell? You were the one who asked me to submit this
> >> proposal. Make up your mind.
> >>
> >> On 28 November 2010 16:24, Seif Lotfy <email address hidden>
> wrote:
> >> > Morten we should not break our current clients to satisfy upcoming
> >> > clients...
> >> > I know it seems weird but I think they can live with it since it just
> a
> >> > freaking namespace. I could call it org.hunannyyumyum.Zeitgeist and it
> >> > should not matter :)
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Morten Mjelva
> >> > <email address hidden>wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> I think it's mostly about what type of message we send people, and
> how
> >> >> we're perceived. Now that we're also in KDE, and looking at other
> >> >> platforms besides that as well, it looks strange for us to be in the
> >> >> GNOME namespace.
> >> >>
> >> >> On 26 November 2010 23:12, Mikkel Kamstrup Erlandsen
> >> >> <email address hidden> wrote:
> >> >> > Honestly I don't see what good this bring us except breakage of
> >> existing
> >> >> > libs. We could own two names, but that just seems silly.
> Application
> >> >> > authors should never need to see these namespaces. And it's a
> >> >> > *namespace* nothing more. I'm quite sure distributors and ISVs can
> see
> >> >> > past this.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > FWIW there's no official sanctioning of what you can do with
> >> >> > freedesktop.org namespaces. It's not a standards body or anything.
> >> >> > Pretty much a free-for-all forum to aggregate (more or less)
> desktop
> >> >> > independent technologies.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > --
> >> >> > Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> >> >> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct
> subscriber
> >> >> > of the bug.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Bug description:
> >> >> > Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no
> >> longer a
> >> >> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the
> >> project
> >> >> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> >> >> something similar.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> >> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist/+bug/681887/+subscribe
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> >> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> >> >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to The
> >> >> Zeitgeist Project.
> >> >>
> >> >> Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
> >> >>
> >> >> Bug description:
> >> >> Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no
> longer
> >> a
> >> >> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the
> >> project
> >> >> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> >> >> something similar.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > This is me doing some advertisement for my blog
> >> http://seilo.geekyogre.com
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> >> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> >> > of the bug.
> >> >
> >> > Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
> >> >
> >> > Bug description:
> >> > Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no
> longer a
> >> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the
> project
> >> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> >> something similar.
> >> >
> >> > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> >> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist/+bug/681887/+subscribe
> >> >
> >>
> >> --
> >> Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> >> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to The
> >> Zeitgeist Project.
> >>
> >> Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
> >>
> >> Bug description:
> >> Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no longer
> a
> >> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the
> project
> >> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> >> something similar.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > This is me doing some advertisement for my blog
> http://seilo.geekyogre.com
> >
> > --
> > Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> > of the bug.
> >
> > Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
> >
> > Bug description:
> > Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no longer a
> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the project
> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> something similar.
> >
> > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to:
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/zeitgeist/+bug/681887/+subscribe
> >
>
> --
> Moving Zeitgeist dbus Bus name from gnome to Freedesktop
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681887
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to The
> Zeitgeist Project.
>
> Status in Zeitgeist Framework: New
>
> Bug description:
> Zeitgeist currently uses the org.gnome dbus domain. As we are no longer a
> GNOME-specific project, I think it would make more sense to move the project
> to the org.freedesktop domain, as org.freedesktop.Zeitgeist.engine or
> something similar.
>
>
>

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