linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/24] tools lib traceevent: Rename pevent to tep for preparation for library

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Date:   Thu, 9 Aug 2018 10:12:02 +0200
From:   Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
To:     Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Yordan Karadzhov <y.karadz@...il.com>,
        Tzvetomir Stoyanov <tz.stoyanov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 00/24] tools lib traceevent: Rename pevent to tep
 for preparation for library

On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 11:55:48AM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> Having libtraceevent turn into a proper library has long been asked for.
> I never had time to do it before. Luckily, Tzvetomir was able to spend
> the time to start the preparation. The first thing that needs to be done
> is to handle namespace collisions. "pevent" was the prefix I chose, but
> many people were displeased by it, as it didn't express what the functions
> were used for. After discussing with many people at many conferences
> I've come up with "tep", which means "Trace Event Parser". Please don't
> question this. The bikeshed has been painted and I'm not changing the
> color.

nah... now when I see it 'te' actualy sounds better ;)))) just kidding,
great we finaly got to this.. is there a branch somewhere with this?

thanks,
jirka