Developer discussion for Creative Commons technology and tools

[Jason Kivlighn <jkivlighn AT gmail.com>]

> Why .filename.xmp ? It should be basename.xmp (no dot prepended)
> I don't know where this convention comes from but definitely not the one
> from the current (non-free) implementations.
> I'd rather wish we don't reinvent the wheel.
>   
Jamie will have to respond on this one.  It'd be convenient to have the
xmp hidden (Tracker wouldn't index it twice), but following the current
convention, which I wasn't aware of, would be best.
>> How does the patch look?  Style?  Approach? etc...  Also, how do I go
>> about getting commit access?
>>     
>
> xmp_init() cost a lot to call. Same as xmp_terminate(). You should only
> call then once. Actually xmp_terminate() isn't mandatory as when the
> programm quits, things will be cleaned up.
>   
I'm not sure what can be done about this one.  For each file that is
indexed, a separate process is spawned.
> And the CC namespace of XMP is defined in the library. It is NS_CC. This
> is cosmetic, but ensure that we use the right string.
>   
Ah, I'll make sure to use that.

-Jason