On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:30 AM Ran Ziv <[email protected]> wrote: > The intention was not at all to rename the project - when the proposal had > been made, the name "ARIA" was considered as well, and ARIATOSCA was the > one chosen, for various reasons, and we should probably stick with it. > This is actually a much smaller issue, not even about renaming the JIRA > project itself - but rather, using a different project key (a single > configurable field on JIRA), to allow for easier integration between git > and JIRA. > I believe we can modify the project key without having to go through a > major renaming operation. If you think otherwise, it'll probably be better > to just stick to the current name and project key. > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 5:25 AM, Suneel Marthi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When reviewing the incubator proposal for this I recall someone from IPMC > > mention a project from Mozilla called 'Aria' and this project choosing a > > different name. Arthur had then suggested 'AriaTosca' and we went ahead > > with that name when setting up this podling. > > > > On Wed, Dec 7, 2016 at 8:56 PM, John D. Ament <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > All, > > > > > > I'm following up on this item. There were previous discussion points > > about > > > renaming the JIRA instance from ARIATOSCA to ARIA. I've point out to > the > > > project in the past that the rename is meant to be a thorough process - > > all > > > podling resources should be named consistently. > > > > > > If its decided to rename fro ARIATOSCA to ARIA, the following changes > > would > > > be involved: > > > > > > - New JIRA project ARIA created. No data retained. > > > - Git repos renamed from incubator-ariatosca to incubator-aria > > > - Maling lists renamed from @ariatosca.incubator.apache.org to @ > > > aria.incubator.apache.org > > > > > > I'm sure there are other resources as well. The point is that within > the > > > ASF, we strive for consistency (the whole convention over configuration > > > argument). You will find two projects (that I can think of) that break > > > this mold - and they break it really well. AMQ and CMDA always require > > > special handling. CMDA is purely too long of a name > > > (climatemodeldatanalyzer), and AMQ was simply the first JIRA project. > > > > > > If the podling chooses to rename itself, I don't have a personal > opinion. > > > I will point out that the name ARIA is not specially unique and > wouldn't > > be > > > something we could get a trademark on. Its not that easy to defend. > > > ARIATOSCA is very unique and can be defended as a trademark. >
Actually this was the initial feedback on the project proposla, the name "ARIA" is used in few other contextes[1][2][3], since it would be complex to completly rename the proejct, we chose using the name ARIATOSCA which would be unique for us and indicate our focus. [1] https://www.w3.org/WAI/intro/aria [2] http://www.aria-networks.com/ [3] https://www.aria.com/en.html Arthur > > > > > > John > > > > > >
