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Subject: Re: First try on Git repo for kdebase-workspace
From: Dario Freddi <drf54321 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2010-12-13 22:06:25
Message-ID: 201012140005.45797.drf54321 () gmail ! com
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On Monday 13 December 2010 20:57:20 Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Monday, December 13, 2010, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > > Btw: you all should probably figure out what you want your repository
> > > names to be, if not you'll get names like "kdebase-workspace".
> >
> > Following a short discussion on IRC I propose to use the name "Plasma"
> > for kdebase-workspace.
>
> i'm not 100% sure (but not 100% unsure, either) about that for a few
> reasons:
Me as well, why not calling it simply "workspace"? It's simple, direct, and
imho somehow reflects the marketing scheme we're trying to follow lately.
>
> * it's a brand name, and history has shown those shift every so many years;
> i'd like to think plasma will stick around for a long, long time, but for a
> technical artifact, kdeworkspaces (or even kdebase-workspace) would be a
> safer term. or maybe i'm just being a pussy on this and should support a
> firm commitment to the name :)
>
> * we have libplasma in kdelibs, plasma components in kdebase-runtime.
> kdebase- workspace is not the only place for plasma components. the reason
> for putting items in kdebase-runtime is because applications not in the
> workspace package are using them
>
> if the concern is that "kdebase-worspace" is too long or hangs on too much
> to the old modularization (which i would probably agree to :), perhaps we
> can just make it kde-workspaces or kdeworkspaces? or something similarly
> non- branded?
>
> if we do think that "plasma" is a better term for the module, i would at
> least like to see it made specific to the workspaces to differentiate it
> from the rest of the plasma work that resides elsewhere.
> plasma-workspaces, e.g.
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