Fwd: Naming scheme for KDE Configuration Modules

[Scott Kitterman]

FYI. We should plan on following Debian in this,  so now is the time to weigh in.

Scott K

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Naming scheme for KDE Configuration Modules
From: "Didier 'OdyX' Raboud" <didier at raboud.com>
To: pkg-kde-talk at lists.alioth.debian.org
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Hi all, 

as was discussed this afernoon (GMT+1) on IRC, we have no clear consensus on 
binary package names for KDE Configuration Modules, mainly because we don't 
have many packages of that sort yet. The question arises because there is an 
ITP on kcm-touchpad (#568040).

I think that such a consensus is a good thing, even if not absolutely 
necessary. 

 ==== What we have now ====

	system-config-gtk-kde		(src: gtk-qt-engine)
	system-config-printer-kde	(src: kdeadmin)

The "KDE System Configuration" binary is in the

	systemsettings		(src: kdebase-workspace)

And I think that's mostly it.

 ==== Options ====

We have discussed those four options (there are certainly more):

	a) system-config-*-kde
	b) kcm-*
	c) kde-control-module-*
	d) kde-config-*

 ==== Pros and cons ====

a)	system-config-*-kde
    + Is already in the archive, down to Squeeze
    + Is pretty explicit
    - was mostly pushed by myself, with no real consensus
    - pollutes the system-config-* namespace, originally used for
      RedHat utilities, which have then been ported to KDE (thus the
      -printer-kde)

b)	kcm-*
    + Short
    + Already in use by other distros (OpenSuse, Ubuntu, …)
    - Not really explicit

c)	kde-control-module-*
    + Explicit
    - Might become really long

d)	kde-config-*
    + Explicit, even if slightly less than the latter

 ==== My opinion (if that matters…) ===

I am now in favor of changing our actual packages to d) (kde-config-*), but 
I am of course open to discussion. And for what matters, I really find b) 
(kcm-*) ugly.

I also note that this could lead to a renaming of systemsettings to the "no-
wildcard" version of the naming scheme we could now choose.

 ===== Conclusion ===

So what is your opinion ?

Best regards and thanks for reading so far.

OdyX




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