Re: [xwiki-devs] [Proposal] Change the naming of Programming Right

On 12 Jun 2015 at 11:53:49, Ecaterina Moraru (Valica) (valicac@gmail.com(mailto:valicac@gmail.com)) wrote: 1) It’s not about executing stuff, it’s much wider (it’s a system/root/superadmin permissions to be able to do lots of things) 2) everything is about executing stuff :) 3) the script permission is also a right to execute scripts

Thanks -Vincent > Otherwise I like the Privileged name. > > Thanks, > Caty > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Caleb James DeLisle wrote: > > > I think I can say without justification that changing a term which is in > > the > > XWiki developer's lexicon is going to inflict pain, however I don't see the > > real pain in keeping it. Certainly other names could be better and I might > > have chosen "root" to keep with unix standards of "Global Administrator > > Right" > > to explain that it's global to a farm. > > > > But I don't think the self-explanitory nature of these names over > > "programming right" is adaquate reason to change. > > > > Standard gage railroad track is 4 feet 8 and a half inches wide, certainly > > not > > the *best* width and indeed somewhat of an insane number, but the people > > who > > built the first trains were wagon makers and that was the width of the > > wagon > > axles because if they were not that width, they would break when running > > in the > > rutted stone roads left by the Romans, indeed that width dates all the way > > back > > to the width of a Roman war chariot... or so the story goes. > > > > The point is that as much as existing standards might suck, "programming > > rights" > > is carved into every XWiki developer's mind just as "4 feet 8 and a half > > inches" > > is written in the ties, tunnels, switches and bridges all over the world > > and to > > propose a change to that you need a *really* good reason. > > > > > > > > On 06/12/2015 09:02 AM, vincent(a)massol.net wrote: > > > Hi devs, > > > > > > With the intoduction of http://jira.xwiki.org/browse/XWIKI-12171 (Add a > > script right to manage script macro execution permissions) in 7.2, we > > should also think about renaming what we call "Programming Right" (PR for > > short) since "Script" and "Programming" are close. At least to change that > > in the UI (and possibly even at API level by introducing new methods ands > > deprecating old ones). > > > > > > First step would be to find a new name. I can think of: > > > * Privilege Right (nice thing is that PR is still valid ;)) > > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/privilege "a right, immunity, or > > benefit enjoyed only by a person beyond the advantages of most:". This > > would mean that people with the Privilege Right would be able to use > > Privileged APIs. > > > * System Right > > > * God Right > > > > > > My preference goes to "Privilege" or "Privileged". > > > > > > WDYT about > > > 1) Changing the name > > > 2) The new name to use if you agree with 1) > > > ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > -Vincent > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > devs mailing list > > > devs(a)xwiki.org > > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > > > > > -- > > Satire is the escape hatch from the cycle of sorrow, hatred and violence. > > #JeSuisCharlie > > _______________________________________________ > > devs mailing list > > devs(a)xwiki.org > > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs > > > _______________________________________________ > devs mailing list > devs(a)xwiki.org > http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs