[kdelibs/frameworks] /: Change kde4 to kde5 in subdir names (services, servicetypes, plugins etc.)

Alexander Neundorf neundorf at kde.org
Tue Mar 27 21:47:49 UTC 2012


On Tuesday 27 March 2012, David Faure wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 March 2012 06:50:34 Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > On Monday 26 March 2012 21:38:36 Alexander Neundorf wrote:
> > > On Monday 26 March 2012, Kevin Ottens wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 24 March 2012 08:35:50 David Faure wrote:
> > > > > [...]
> > > > > This subdir name isn't related to marketing anyway, it's quite
> > > > > internal.
> > > > > But I'm certainly open to changing its name, I'm just pointing out
> > > > > that
> > > > > finding the perfect naming isn't quite trivial...
> > > > 
> > > > Agreed. I think I'd try to avoid "kde5" though, it's quite internal
> > > > indeed... put also pops up quite a bit in user support channels. So
> > > > IMHO it'd be better if it wasn't carrying the "kde5" label as we
> > > > said there won't be a "KDE5 platform".
> > > 
> > > E.g. for the KDE-related files in extra-cmake-modules, I chose names
> > > which simply contain "KDE", like KDEInstallDirs.cmake.
> > 
> > Which makes sense in that case IMO, since it enforces the conventions
> > followed by the KDE community.
> > 
> > > Maybe instead of lib/kde4/ or lib/kde5/ lib/kde-kf5/ , which would mean
> > > the
> > > KDE based on kf5 ?
> > 
> > The point is: there's no "KDE based on KF5". :-)
> > There will be applications and workspaces based on KF5.
> 
> Well, yeah, but mostly "made by KDE".
> 
> Just like any Qt-based application is called in short "a Qt application",
> even if it wasn't made by the Qt developers, I don't think we'll find a
> better name than "a KDE application" for an application that is based on
> KDE Frameworks 5.
> 
> I like the idea of lib/kde-kf5/, it's shorter and clearer than than
> lib/apps- and-workspaces-based-on-kf5/. But it really means "KDE KDE
> Frameworks 5", i.e. it says KDE twice :-)
> 
> Clearly we need to bikeshed further to find a name that works :-)
> 
> Note that plugins, and by extension most use of servicetypes and services,
> might all be obsoleted by the upcoming Qt plugin loading mechanism. We'll
> still need a directory name for the "legacy code", i.e. kde4 plugin loading
> mechanism ported to kde4,

Is there some typo in the sentence above ?
The kde4 plugin loading ported to kde4 ?

> but I think we can live with "kde5" as a legacy name there.

Sorry, I don't really understand.
Didn't you say above that you like "kde-kf5" ?

Alex


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