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authorTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2017-05-31 16:21:44 +0100
committerSimon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>2017-05-31 16:27:34 +0100
commit93136d6245f293f133ca701499f6abf29be82218 (patch)
tree776b56ff02e5681fe565eaf1c4933c3e0c00ac91 /doc
parentf612b067ebf8ff83b0725ccd55df61f57f565398 (diff)
spec: Re-word documentation of ReleaseName
This was previously written in an unusual message-passing-oriented style, which obscured the meaning. Use a more method-call-oriented style instead. [smcv: separated out from a larger commit, added commit message] Reviewed-by: Simon McVittie <smcv@collabora.com>
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</informaltable>
</para>
<para>
- This method call should be sent to
- <literal>org.freedesktop.DBus</literal> and asks the message bus to
- release the method caller's claim to the given name. If the caller is
- the primary owner, a new primary owner will be selected from the
- queue if any other owners are waiting. If the caller is waiting in
- the queue for the name, the caller will removed from the queue and
- will not be made an owner of the name if it later becomes available.
- If there are no other owners in the queue for the name, it will be
- removed from the bus entirely.
+ Ask the message bus to release the method caller's claim to the given
+ name. If the caller is the primary owner, a new primary owner will be
+ selected from the queue if any other owners are waiting. If the
+ caller is waiting in the queue for the name, the caller will removed
+ from the queue and will not be made an owner of the name if it later
+ becomes available. If there are no other owners in the queue for the
+ name, it will be removed from the bus entirely.
The return code can be one of the following values: