Namespace for generic desktop libraries

[Julien Danjou]

At 1241733940 time_t, Jannis Pohlmann wrote:
> What prefix would you suggest? I suppose that "xdg" (with GObject
> classes like XdgMenu and Vala/C#/C++ classes like XDG.Menu or Xdg.Menu)
> only makes sense if it's widely accepted/used. Or should I just use
> it, hoping the library will gain popularity soon? How do you handle this
> in your libraries (those that are not tied to any particular desktop
> environment)? How about a new namespace for widely used desktop
> libraries that are not necessarily XDG reference implementations?
> 
> A lot of questions, I know. I'd be happy to get some feedback on this.
> Worst case scenario is that I have to come up with a entirely fresh
> name for it.

FWIW, there's already a libxdg-basedir, implementing the basedir spec:

    http://n.ethz.ch/~nevillm/download/libxdg-basedir/

So you would not be the first.

Cheers,
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