Maybe any naming with words converge, dissemination etc? Maybe Apache MetaLayer?
The "consensus" word, as for me, has a strong association with consensus algorithms like Paxos and Raft with a strong consistency. Apache gossip project maybe will include these algorithms someday, but it's not the only purpose. (I'm not a native speaker, but it means that a lot of non-native people could have the same associations after reading technical literature :) 23.02.2017, 01:01, "Edward Capriolo" <[email protected]>: > 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.
