Ludovic Courtès (2016-01-24 00:24 +0300) wrote: > Alex Kost <alez...@gmail.com> skribis: > > > [...] > >>> 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. > > 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 :-) > > As long as it’s clear that it’s Smalltalk-style message passing, and > that ‘root’ is that special service, that’s fine, IMO. > > Now that I think of it, since a service can provide several things, we > could simply change dmd-service to have: > > #:provides '(root shepherd) > > Thoughts? Oh, right! I think it is the best variant. I'm about to send a patchset for this change. -- Alex
