On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Florent Guillaume <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm hope you'll forgive me, but I won't contribute to this discussion beyond > this email as I'm quite tired of playing naming games. > We've already been through 3 names, so I'll concentrate on writing actual > code until this is resolved. > > I'm ok with "Chemist" as well, although I expect it'll raise the same > arguments as "Chemistry". > > The objections to "Chemistry" as potential confusing regarding the science > of chemistry seem off-base to me. If there ever was a chemistry-based > project in Apache, I expect they'd choose their own codename instead of the > just all-encompassing chemistry moniker. Regarding the existing > chemistry-named java project, it's called CDK or Chemistry Development Kit, > never just chemistry. Finally I gather that nobody complained that Lucene > had nothing to do with the city, which city do you mean ?
> that Shale had nothing to do with the > rocks, or that Jackrabbit had nothing to do with the furry animal. So why > complain about chemistry... > > Regarding other suggestions: we've also been through the grep > /usr/share/dict/words here at Nuxeo, and considered and rejected many names. > The problem is not finding potential ones, the problem is at some point > saying "ok this one is good enough". > > I contend that Chemistry is good enough. +1 me, too regards, toby
