On 28/04/2009, luc.maison...@free.fr <luc.maison...@free.fr> wrote: > > ----- "Phil Steitz" <phil.ste...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > > We have voted to accept sanselan as a commons component [1]. > > Welcome! > > > > > We now need to settle the administrative questions raised in [2]: > > > > 2. Most commons components have a "functional" name instead of a "fun" > > > > name. Would Sanselan need to be renamed, e.g. Commons Image, or would > > it > > be ok to have the sub-project called Sanselan, or Commons Sanselan? > > > > > My preference would be to adopt a functional name. We used to have > > this > > documented as a policy, but that seems to vanished from the web pages, > > > > so it is possible that we made a conscious decision that I just > > personally forgot about to eliminate this policy. If others - most > > importantly, the Sanselan community - feel strongly about not changing > > > > the name, I am OK with it. It makes it easier for people to find > > their > > way through our components, however, if their names are descriptive. > > > -1 to changing names. Names are part of the social link that build > communities, changing them would appear to me as if we were stealing the > project from both its promoters and users. All the work done on having a > brand known would be lost. >
How about Commons Image (Sanselan) or Commons Sanselan Imaging I'm not keen on "Commons Sanselan". > > > > Personally, I feel the same way about TLPs, but that is a separate > > topic. > > > > 3. Would any changes be required from the existing packaging of > > Sanselan? For example, packages are named org.apache.sanselan. Would > > these need to be renamed to org.apache.commons.sanselan (or less fun > > name as above)? > > > > My preference would be o.a.c.x, where x is the new functional name. > > Repackaging provides an opportunity to revise the name. > > > +1 to repackaging, this is only technical and makes sense. Given my > preference from previous item, this would mean org.apache.commons.sanselan > > Luc > > > > > > I have separately kicked off a vote on private@ (per our custom) on > > commitership. Once that closes, we will need volunteers to help with > > > > the svn move and component setup. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Phil > > > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/cwngahpm2aieop6c > > [2] http://markmail.org/message/4oum556w4wqubnvm > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
