[Nfd-dev] Notice about library renaming

[Burke, Jeff]

Alex,

As I've previously mentioned "OpenNDN" isn't particularly descriptive of
the library, and I think is going to lead to a lot of confusion outside.
(It doesn't fix the confusion that arose from calling it ndn-cpp-dev.)

It also seems to set up two parallel library efforts without
distinguishing between the goals.  What are the goals of OpenNDN?  What
makes it Open?  Is the other library Closed?  etc. etc.

I'm really sorry that I haven't been able to make another constructive
suggestion over the course of this week but I would really like to advise
against rushing this change.

One thought: 

This library was forked originally to support NFD.  Why not rename it to
libnfd, which is descriptive of what it actually does right now?  This
will need to stay somewhat stable in support of NFD/NRD development,
security library work, etc.

Then, create a separate fork of libnfd with a more general name that
relates to the approach/intent of the library.  If the approach / intent
is not clear, then perhaps a little time should be dedicated to deciding
what the purpose / vision for this particular codebase is?

cheers,
Jeff



On 4/18/14, 1:28 PM, "Alex Afanasyev" <alexander.afanasyev at ucla.edu> wrote:

>Hi everybody,
>
>Some of you already aware that we are planning to rename ndn-cpp-dev
>library.  If there are no objections within 24hours, I will proceed with
>the renaming.   Here is the plan:
>
>* new name: "OpenNDN"
>* folder name for include files: open-ndn
>* static library name: libOpenNDN.a
>* dynamic library name (when it will be enabled): libOpenNDN.so|dylib
>* pkg-config name: libOpenNDN.pc
>* no namespace change: we will still use "ndn" as a basic namespace for
>the library
>* official github repository will change to:
>https://github.com/named-data/OpenNDN
>* redmine will change to http://redmine.named-data.net/projects/openndn
>* gerrit project name will be changed to OpenNDN
>(http://gerrit.named-data.net/#/admin/projects/OpenNDN)
>
>We will try to do the change with a transition period, when existing
>application will still be able to compile against OpenNDN (there will be
>additional symlinks created for include, lib, and pkg-config files), but
>all known applications needs to be updated ASAP after the renaming is
>complete in the following way:
>
>* all includes should be changed from <ndn-cpp-dev/...> to <open-ndn/...>
>* documentation files/comments referring to ndn-cpp-dev should be updated
>and refer to OpenNDN and (if any) new links
>* if the app uses pkg-config for dependency detection, 'libndn-cpp-dev'
>should be replaced with 'libOpenNDN'.  For waf users:
>
>    conf.check_cfg(package = 'libOpenNDN', args = ['--cflags', '--libs'],
>                   uselib_store = 'OPEN_NDN', mandatory = True)
>
>(If updating `uselib_store` variable, don't forget to update all uses of
>it in bld() blocks.)
>
>
>I will put this note into the library documentation after the rename.
>
>---
>Alex
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