> From: Greg Stein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 October 2001 08:27
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2001 at 01:20:52PM +0200, Sander Striker wrote: >>> From: Ryan Bloom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: 29 September 2001 07:19 >>... >>> Okay, this has been decided by the PMC. We will accept this >>> project. The name that the PMC would like to use for this >>> project is apr-serf. >> >> Ok, great. One question though: why 'serf'? > > OtherBill had a very good point, in that "apr-client" is a bit > too generic. > He suggested "apr-htclient" but I thought that was a bit too much of a > mouthful for a project name... > > I suggested taking a page from the XML and Java guys, and using a more > interesting name. So... I figured "a client is subservient to the server". > So the name "serf" works well in that regard, meaning a slave to > the server. > It is also a homonym for "surf", which is what an HTTP client does... Right. Thanks for explaining, because this was indeed the only thing I wanted to know: where it came from :) > Seems like others agreed, and so now we have apr-serf :-) I can live with that without problems :) :) > Cheers, > -g Sander
