121179 - Separate files for interfaces in nsIDirectoryService.idl (?)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core :: XPCOM, defect)

Description

[Andreas Franke (gone)]

Per Chak's response to my question, reopening the issue:
> We should be following the one interface per idl file rule.

Either the documentation at 
	http://www.mozilla.org/projects/embedding/EmbedInterfaceFreeze.html
should be updated to remove the following sentence:

> [Another important guideline to remember here is the requirement of having 
> one and only one interface per idl file]

or the interfaces in
	http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/xpcom/io/nsIDirectoryService.idl
should live in separate files.

Comment 1

[Doug Turner (:dougt)]

nope.  I disagree with this in principle.  As so long as the all interfaces are
related and frozen, I see not real reason to seperate intefaces as a matter of
par.  This ain't java.

Conrad filed a bug against me to freeze up the nsIDirectoryServices2.  Assuming
that there are not any issues with this interface, we should be able to review
it before mozilla 1.0 api freeze.

Comment 2

[Chak Nanga]

Cc:ing Jud for his comments.....

He's the one who originally proposed the one interface per idl file rule

Comment 3

[Conrad Carlen (not reading bugmail)]

> Conrad filed a bug against me to freeze up the nsIDirectoryServices2.
It's bug 121235 and assigned to me ;-)

Comment 4

[Andreas Franke (gone)]

Since this bug has been marked WONTFIX, should I open another bug for the
removal of the "requirement of having one and only one interface per idl file"
comment on the web page? Or is it better to reopen this one and adjust the
summary? Or do you want to continue publishing guidelines you don't follow? ;-)