[squirrelfish] JavaScriptCore renames
Maciej Stachowiak
mjs at apple.com
Fri Nov 14 18:46:03 PST 2008
On Nov 14, 2008, at 5:51 PM, Cameron Zwarich wrote:
> On 14-Nov-08, at 5:48 PM, Geoffrey Garen wrote:
>
>>> There is now talk of new renames on the horizon off of this list,
>>> but I think we should bring it up for discussion here and come to
>>> a reasonable consensus.
>>
>> I have a > 2MB rename+move patch, which I developed after a morning-
>> long conversation with 4-5 WebKit contributors. Sam just finished
>> reviewing it in my office.
>>
>> Your input -- and others' -- on names is certainly welcome. If
>> there are names that you don't like, by all means, let's come up
>> with better ones. However, I don't think we need to subject this
>> patch to any scrutiny above and beyond the normal contribution
>> guidelines. Do you?
>
>
> There was more scrutiny than a normal patch for the last round of
> file moves. I don't think this set of files renames should be any
> different. Do you?
We can always re-rename things. The reason we normally have more up-
front discussion of renames is because they are more disruptive and
more work, so it is a greater cost to redo them if someone has input
after the fact.
That being said, an overview of the renames planned would be helpful.
- Maciej
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