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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Plugin and themes naming convention
From: Thorsten Scherler <thorsten.scherler@wyona.com>
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:30:53 +0100
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El vie, 10-02-2006 a las 13:04 +0000, Ross Gardler escribi=C3=B3:
> Plugins are called something like:
>=20
> org.foodomain.forrest.plugin.bar
>=20
> i.e. "plugin" is singular
>=20
> But we have two themes which:
>=20
> org.apache.forrest.theme.Coat
>=20
> and
>=20
> org.apache.forrest.themes.core
>=20
> i.e. "theme" and "themes" is used
>=20
> I propose that we normalise on the existing naming convention used in=20
> plugins, i.e. we use "theme" (singular)
>=20

-1 for theme.

+1 for normalise.

Since core is providing not only *one* theme (singular) but at least 3
(coat, pelt, common) it makes more sense to call theme packages
"org.apache.forrest.themes.x".


> ----
>=20
> On a related issue. We have no consistency in the naming of plugins.
>=20
> I have tried to follow the Java convention of lower case for the=20
> "package" names and Camel case for the plugin name:
>=20
> i.e. org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.FooBar
>=20
> I propose that new releases of plugins should all conform to the camel=20
> case usage. We'll keep the current naming for already released plugins.

hmm, I find it harder to use the Uppercase variant on linux and since
java packages do not use uppercase in package names (e.g. package
org.apache.lenya.transaction;).

See above, I see plugins more as a packages and I am not very happy with
naming them org.apache.forrest.plugin.input.FooBar because for me that
is a package and not a Class.

salu2

>=20
> Ross
--=20
Thorsten Scherler
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