[webkit-dev] Renaming directories

Adam Barth abarth at webkit.org
Sat Dec 18 11:05:10 PST 2010


On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
> On Dec 18, 2010, at 2:23 AM, Adam Barth wrote:
>
>> While we're in the mood to rename directories, would these renamings make sense:
>>
>> WebKitSite => WebSite
>> WebKitExamplePlugins => ExamplePlugins
>> LayoutTests => Tests
>
> I would use Website <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website> rather than WebSite. But to me that raises the question of what to call BugsSite.

"Website" is fine with me.  Presumably if I move this directory
myself, I'll break the actual web site.  :)

I'll coordinate with wms.

> I would call it just Examples rather ExamplePlugins because I think we can put other kinds of examples in there later.

I've posted a patch for this one because it seems easiest:

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51291

> If we renamed LayoutTests to Tests then I would wan to put PageLoadTests in there.
>
> I’d also like to see us remove any top level files that don’t have to be there. For example, we have to keep the Makefile there so that make works, but I am not so sure that wscript has to be there. It seems some of the build related files could move down one level.
>
>    -- Darin
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