Attachment 128143 Details for Bug 98671 – Spec: be clearer about "starting" and "activation" being synonyms

[patch] Spec: be clearer about "starting" and "activation" being synonyms

0001-Spec-be-clearer-about-starting-and-activation-being-.patch (text/plain), 1.74 KB, created by Simon McVittie on 2016-11-22 11:47:08 UTC

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>From f542e19ed7e02886ab52a9e53b86f931155f06b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
>From: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
>Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:46:17 +0000
>Subject: [PATCH] Spec: be clearer about "starting" and "activation" being
> synonyms
>
>Signed-off-by: Simon McVittie <simon.mcvittie@collabora.co.uk>
>Bug: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98671
>---
> doc/dbus-specification.xml | 11 ++++++++---
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
>diff --git a/doc/dbus-specification.xml b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>index 9f1527b..4e8c074 100644
>--- a/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>+++ b/doc/dbus-specification.xml
>@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@
>         <para>
>           Unless a message has the flag <literal>NO_AUTO_START</literal>, if the
>           destination name does not exist then a program to own the destination
>-          name will be started before the message is delivered. See
>+          name will be started (activated) before the message is delivered. See
>           <xref linkend="message-bus-starting-services"/>.
>           The message
>           will be held until the new program is successfully started or has
>@@ -4994,8 +4994,13 @@
>       </para>
> 
>       <para>
>-        In D-Bus, starting a service is normally done by
>-        <firstterm>auto-starting</firstterm>, which is one form of activation.
>+        <firstterm>Starting a service</firstterm> should be read as synonymous
>+        with service activation.
>+      </para>
>+
>+      <para>
>+        In D-Bus, service activation is normally done by
>+        <firstterm>auto-starting</firstterm>.
>         In auto-starting, applications send a
>         message to a particular well-known name, such as
>         <literal>com.example.TextEditor1</literal>, without specifying the
>-- 
>2.10.2
>

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