Attachment 63973 Details for Bug 51865 – spec: Mention object path and interface name

[patch] spec: Mention object path and interface name

spec-Mention-object-path-and-interface-name.patch (text/plain), 1.65 KB, created by Colin Walters on 2012-07-08 06:40:21 UTC

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>From 5e4cdf05b194ea4a7a20e30c7c1c12f44a291b73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Colin Walters <walters@verbum.org>
>Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2012 09:37:09 -0400
>Subject: [PATCH] spec: Mention object path and interface name
>
>We didn't actually have /org/freedesktop/DBus in the spec, nor did we
>explicitly mention the existence of "org.freedesktop.DBus" as an
>interface, although it is implicit in the method names.
>
>https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51865
>---
> doc/dbus-specification.xml |   11 +++++++----
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>index 32a2091..1c54c15 100644
>--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>@@ -3805,10 +3805,13 @@
>         that connection is said to <firstterm>own</firstterm> the name.
>       </para>
>       <para>
>-        The bus itself owns a special name, <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>. 
>-        This name routes messages to the bus, allowing applications to make 
>-        administrative requests. For example, applications can ask the bus 
>-        to assign a name to a connection.
>+        The bus itself owns a special name,
>+        <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>, with an object
>+        located at <literal>/org/freedesktop/DBus</literal> that
>+        implements the <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>
>+        interface. This service allows applications to make
>+        administrative requests of the bus itself. For example,
>+        applications can ask the bus to assign a name to a connection.
>       </para>
>       <para>
>         Each name may have <firstterm>queued owners</firstterm>.  When an
>-- 
>1.7.10.4

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