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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Loads of applet issues
From:       John Firebaugh <jfirebaugh () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-03-09 14:37:52
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On Saturday 09 March 2002 01:28 am, Matthias Elter wrote:
> >We need a better naming convention. Matthias Elter changed the applets in
> >kdebase/kicker/applets to use <appletname>_panelapplet, but this is
> >inconsistent with the rest of the module naming conventions, which have
> >prefixes instead of suffixes. I propose kpa_<appletname>.la, where
> ><appletname> does not contain a leading 'k' nor 'applet'.
>
> This change was done on the request of Coolo.  He suggested
> foo_appelt.so and I used the less ambigious foo_panelapplet.so. I later
> noticed that most modules use a prefix instead of a suffix but there
> seems to be no clear naming scheme as we have foo_thumbnails.so, too. I
> propose to keep the current naming scheme because changing it again is a
> waste of time. That does not mean that I would veto a change, so if you
> have strong feelings about this feel free to change it. Make sure to add
> backwards compatibility in the loading code.

Nah, let's leave it.

later,
John
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