From kde-core-devel  Thu May 31 20:07:25 2001
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 20:07:25 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: Library names.
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On Thursday 31 May 2001 12:37, Frerich Raabe wrote:
> On Thursday 31 May 2001 20:33, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > I would like to make you aware of some of the problems associated with
> > the naming of libraries also referred to as DSOs. In kdelibs/NAMING
> > guidelines are listed for the naming of libraries. If you create
> > DSOs/libraries please make sure that the names of your DSOs/libraries
> > follow these naming conventions. If your applications makes use of
> > plugins you probably should define a naming scheme for them that is in
> > line with the guidelines of kdelibs/NAMING and add your naming scheme to
> > kdelibs/NAMING.
>
> Don't know whether it's necessary to do so as I don't know of any library
> name clashes, 

kicker.la and libkicker.la comes to mind after reading kde-cvs.

> but I think that list lacks a naming scheme for Kicker
> applets. What about applet_blah.la? :-)

I don't think "applet_" is a very good prefix. I would rather go for 
"kicker_blah.la" or "kicker_applet_blah.la"

Cheers,
Waldo
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