DBus method naming of upower/udisks

[Martin Pitt]

randyf at sibernet.com [2009-12-10 23:17 -0800]:
>   If the "U" is useuless, then remove it.  As we are describing
> disks, devices, or power, then take the "U" out, and describe the
> service, which is POWER, DEVICES, or DISKS.

Calling it "disks" was actually on the table, but that isn't a proper
noun, but a generic word. It is both confusing if you mention it in
conversations ("my disks is crashing" sounds like bad grammar, not a
bug report), and it would as well suggest that this handles everything
around disk drives (which isn't true), and is the one and only thing
to interact with disks (which also isn't true).

Projects should have proper nouns to tell them apart from other
projects. Otherwise, why bother, and just call them "kernel",
"browser", and "instant-messenger".

Martin

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