On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 7:56 PM, C. Scott Ananian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:43 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> ... found that people are using >>> 'org.laptop' as a prefix incorrectly (if everyone uses org.laptop as a >>> prefix, then OLPC loses the ability to assign unique names in this domain). >> >> Undoubtedly people who are dbus developers understand the proper use >> of the "organization_namespace". But suppose someone in a far >> corner of the world wishes to contribute. All he knows is that a >> three-part name-string gets applied to his Activity's interaction >> with the rest of the system. Since *he* never tests that name, he >> may feel free to put anything at all into that name-string. >> >> I believe that life ought to be made as easy as possible for people >> who want to enhance their Sugar systems. Requiring "correctness" in >> all parts of name-strings, when to non-insiders those name-strings >> might seem meaningless, does not make their participation easier. > > Some time ago I tried to better document the expectations for > bundle_id at http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activity_bundles#.info_File_Format.
I found this page very helpful and clear when I was first bundling my activity back in May, thanks Scott. I think that requiring correctness is actually helpful in the long term, if anything we should try to make the documentation more accessible. bobby. > If it were up to me, I'd just chose an opaque 64-bit UUID -- but I > think most people feel like a human-readable string "makes > participation easier". > --scott > > -- > ( http://cscott.net/ ) > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel