This vote has passed with: (using everyone on the initial commiter list on the proposal as "binding" votes)
+1 (dkulp, ejohnson, asakala, dmoynihan, mlittle, bravi, pjones, jjagielski, kconnor, willem, asmyth, proyal) (nonbind: enolan, snicholls) +0 (ddiephouse) 0 (blin) -1 (mgockel) 14 +1s (12 binding) 1 +0s (1 binding) 1 0s (1 binding) 1 -1 (1 binding) Congrats! We have a name, at least for now. :-) Dan On Friday October 06 2006 2:01 pm, Daniel Kulp wrote: > I'd like to vote to officially rename the project to Apache CXF. > > I'm extremely +1. > > > There are a lot reasons to do so: (summary of previous discussions) > > 1) All of our Apache resources are "CXF". If someone goes to apache > to looking for CeltiXfire using the "normal Apache" URL's and such, > they won't find it. Example: if they send a note to > celtixfire-dev-subsribe, it would bounce, etc... > > 2) Branding - It seems like all of us are calling it CXF in our > communication. However, the "Apache Branding" would require it to use > the full project name. It would be good if it matched to avoid > confusion for users. (Example: in a note on the incubator list > during the recent issues, someone asked why we were calling it CXF.) > Anyway, a lot of people are already associating CXF with the project. > Let's build on that. > > 3) Our package name, jars, install dir, etc.. all use "cxf" right now. > No work would need to be done there. (I'm lazy, I admit it.) > > 4) No wacky CamelCase spellings to cause confusions and branding > issues. (Celtixfire, CeltiXfire, CeltiXFire, etc..) > > 5) Already I18N capable. :-) Seriously, we had some chats on IRC > about "how to pronounce" some of the other ideas. Example: Apparently > the word "foam" is hard to pronounce in some locales. Also, "Celtic" > is pronounced different in various locales as well. > > 6) Break some ties with the "messes" that we've been involved in. I > keep hearing nicknames like "celtic-miss-fire" and such. That's not > good. The recent events certainly didn't help things. A semi-clean > slate is probably a good idea. Make them think of new nicknames. > :-) > > 7) However, by keeping the initials, there is "some" tie to the > previous projects, but the tie is broken enough to make it clear, this > really is something new and better. > > 8) The top two google links for CXF are already our own confluence > space. Nice job everyone. :-) CXF is an acronym for "Chemical > eXchange Format", but that really shouldn't matter for us. > > Thanks! > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer > IONA > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer IONA P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
