Re: pgAdmin III commit: Database Designer (milestone 1 of GSoC 2011)

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 19:24 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 7:01 PM, Luis Ochoa <ziul1979@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, I really don't have any objections about change library name, but in
> > fact I wrote to my mentor informing about this change a few weeks ago.
> >
> > I choose wxhotdraw because is a wxwidgets (wx) implementation of a hotdraw
> > like framework (http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=157803), like jhotdraw
> > for java or monohotdraw for mono (C#) or gohotdraw for go programming
> > language and so.
> >
> > Other reason is this library right now was created from a generic point of
> > view and used for the database designer, and this means that can be a used
> > for other projects that uses wxwidgets, and I probably continue their
> > development after gsoc too, from a generic point of view not just for
> > database designer but mantaining compatibility always, just like ogl but
> > following the hotdraw like software patterns.
> >
> > Now, I can change it name, just tell me, what to do, and I'll do it.
>
> I would like it to be changed please. I find it annoying enough that
> long ago we created a couple of controls with wx prefixes (eg.
> wxTimeSpinCtrl and wxCalendarBox) - I've found myself looking for the
> documentation for those on www.wxwidgets.org on more than one occasion
> before remembering they're not in wxWidgets.
>
> Also, if this is intended as a general use library as you describe,
> then it really shouldn't be tucked away in the pgadmin/dd/hotdraw
> directory. pgadmin/hotdraw would be more appropriate I think.
>

Yeah, that would be better. I didn't think about the issue with the wx
prefix.


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