Re: [PATCH 3/4] Rename 'dmd' service to 'shepherd'.

[Alex Kost]

Ludovic Courtès (2016-01-24 00:24 +0300) wrote:

> Alex Kost <address@hidden> skribis:
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>>> It seemed natural to me to rename 'dmd' service to 'shepherd' service.
>>> But I like 'root' more!  So if people agree on naming the main service
>>> the 'root' instead of 'shepherd', I will send an updated patch.
>>>
>>> OTOH 'herd load root foo.scm' looks strange for me.
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> Yeah, but ‘load dmd foo.scm’ also looks weird, after all.

I agree, that's why I wrote that just ‘herd load foo.scm’ would be
better IMO.

>> Also in user init.scm we'll have "(action 'root 'daemonize)" which also
>> looks less preferable than "(action 'shepherd 'daemonize)" for me.  So
>> now I don't really know what name I prefer :-)
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> As long as it’s clear that it’s Smalltalk-style message passing, and
> that ‘root’ is that special service, that’s fine, IMO.
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> Now that I think of it, since a service can provide several things, we
> could simply change dmd-service to have:
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>     #:provides '(root shepherd)
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> Thoughts?

Oh, right!  I think it is the best variant.  I'm about to send a
patchset for this change.

-- 
Alex