Re: Namespacing issues ...



Maciej Stachowiak <mjs eazel com> writes:

> Martin Baulig <martin home-of-linux org> writes:
> 
> > 2.) The OAFIID and .oafinfo issue
> > 
> >     Currently we have "OAFIID:eog_image_viewer:..." - I think we should also
> >     change all of them to something like "OAFIID:GNOME:EOG_image_viewer" so
> >     that all OAFIID's contain `GNOME:' and the application name `EOG_'.
> 
> What's the value of namespacing OAFIIDs? The UUID portion at the end
> already guarantees uniqueness.

Hmm, yes.

But there may still be a value of namespacing them even if it's not technically
necessary - it's just easier for the developer to remember a "namespaced" OAFIID
than to remember the UUID portion of it.

-- 
Martin Baulig
martin gnome org (private)
baulig suse de (work)




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