Merge branch 'dbus-1.6'
[platform/upstream/dbus.git] / doc / dbus-specification.xml
index 32a2091..b313070 100644 (file)
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 <article id="index">
   <articleinfo>
     <title>D-Bus Specification</title>
-    <releaseinfo>Version 0.19</releaseinfo>
-    <date>2012-02-21</date>
+    <releaseinfo>Version 0.20</releaseinfo>
+    <date>unreleased</date>
     <authorgroup>
       <author>
        <firstname>Havoc</firstname>
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@
      <revision>
        <revnumber>current</revnumber>
        <date><ulink url='http://cgit.freedesktop.org/dbus/dbus/log/doc/dbus-specification.xml'>commit log</ulink></date>
-       <authorinitials></authorinitials>
-       <revremark></revremark>
+       <authorinitials>smcv, walters</authorinitials>
+       <revremark>reorganise for clarity, remove false claims about
+         basic types, mention /o/fd/DBus</revremark>
      </revision>
      <revision>
        <revnumber>0.19</revnumber>
         that connection is said to <firstterm>own</firstterm> the name.
       </para>
       <para>
-        The bus itself owns a special name, <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>. 
-        This name routes messages to the bus, allowing applications to make 
-        administrative requests. For example, applications can ask the bus 
-        to assign a name to a connection.
+        The bus itself owns a special name,
+        <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>, with an object
+        located at <literal>/org/freedesktop/DBus</literal> that
+        implements the <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal>
+        interface. This service allows applications to make
+        administrative requests of the bus itself. For example,
+        applications can ask the bus to assign a name to a connection.
       </para>
       <para>
         Each name may have <firstterm>queued owners</firstterm>.  When an