freedesktop.org specification process

[Mikhail Gusarov]

Twas brillig at 17:07:39 09.07.2009 UTC-04 when dobey.pwns at gmail.com did gyre and gimble:

 RD> I generally disagree with the idea that in order to use the
 RD> org.freedesktop namespace for DBus interfaces, you must first gain
 RD> acceptance through having multiple desktops use your interface.

The problem is badly designed protocols, which won't get accepted, and
only pollute shared NS.

 RD> It also means that once that acceptance is gained, you either don't
 RD> use the new namespace, or you are immediately required to break API
 RD> compatibility.

It should be trivial to add brand new org.freedesktop interface and keep
older name as an alias, marked as deprecated, for some time.

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