[bind10-dev] what's b10-d2?

[Mukund Sivaraman]

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 10:51:28AM -0700, JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉 wrote:
> I just noticed that a new module "(b10-)d2" is introduced in to the
> master branch.  Have we decided to go for that naming?  In general,
> I'd personally like to avoid excessive acronyms/abbreviations.
> Something like "d2" is exactly of that kind; it could mean almost
> anything, and I'd be quite confused, e.g. if I see "b10-d2" in an
> output from ps(1) or while reading the BIND 10 guide without a
> sufficient context.
> 
> In my understanding d2 means dhcp-ddns, and it's abbreviated partly
> because something like 'dhcp-ddns' sounds too long.  I see that side
> of concern, and different people may have different preferences on the
> best balance between too-short/vague and too-long/verbose, but in the
> cases of b10-xxx I generally prefer being clearer even if it sounds a
> bit verbose.  These are not expected to be invoked from the shell, and
> not so often on bindctl, so the typing overhead shouldn't be a big
> problem.  It would be much more helpful to me if I can immediately
> understand what it is (likely to be) without referring to the guide or
> googling it.

I agree with everything said here. Maybe something like b10-dhcp-ddns
will not be too bad.

		Mukund
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