On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:49 PM, P. Taylor Goetz <[email protected]> wrote:
> Before going though the pain of a rename, I would suggest checking with > trademarks@ to make sure the name “Apache Consensus” is suitable (i.e. a > PODLINGNAMESEARCH JIRA would be approved). > > You don’t want to rename, only to have to rename again. > > -Taylor > > > On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:31 AM, Edward Capriolo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > I am sure the infra team with love this idea :): > > > > Thinking about the direction of Gossip. This is currently the message on > > our front page: > > > > Apache Gossip > > > > Apache Gossip™ is a system to form peer-to-peer networks using the gossip > > protocol. > > > > > > Thinking about the bigger picture... We are looking to add SWIM, we are > > looking to add CRDT. In the future we might have some type of leader > > election, or multicast based cluster membership. > > > > I am borrowing a notion that Gary brought up in the early days of the > > proposal with the term "toolkit". Here is my new idea: > > > > Apache Consensus > > > > Apache Consensus is a distributed services toolkit that includes > clustering > > technology like peer-to-peer membership services like gossip and data > > primitives like distributed CRDT data types.... bla bla. > > > > What does everyone think? This is no immediate need here, but I think the > > re-brand is more inline with there we are headed and more interesting to > > attract development. Comments and other suggestions are welcome. > > Yes, that is a good point. I am not locked in on the word Consensus yet. I am suggesting a name that I believe properly represent the scope. I am assuming we can hunt other synonyms if that one has TM issues. I want to see if anyone believes my logic for expanding the scope of the name makes sense, or if they believe it is more of a PITA than it is worth.
