Thanks Dave for following up on this discussion! +1 for MesoSQL, abbreviated from Mesos SQL (note the single 's' in the middle).
I think its OK for project names to evolve and we cannot predict too far into the future but this name is the least controversial at this point and it's not too bad. :) -- Jiang Yan Xu <y...@jxu.me> @xujyan <http://twitter.com/xujyan> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 10:42 AM, Dave Lester <d...@davelester.org> wrote: > Hi Jake, > > Personally, I am fine with the Mysos name -- I don't foresee it being > confusing to members of the community, and we've also begun to promote > the project so continuing to use the name would be the least-disruptive > path forward. With that said, folks within the larger Apache community > (outside of Mesos and Mysos) have expressed some concern here. > > One alternative name that Yan suggested that is MesoSQL. I'm definitely > +1 for the idea, and think it's great for a few reasons: > > * It clearly attributes the framework to Apache Mesos, which is similar > to the Mysos name we currently use. > * It's slightly broader than just relating to MySQL, which as we've > seen in a recent email thread there's already interest among community > members in broadening the framework to support PostgreSQL > > The MesoSQL name was also run by the Mesos private@ list with no > objections -- perhaps we should consider it as an alternative and run > with it? > > Dave > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015, at 08:58 PM, Jake Farrell wrote: > > During the incubator vote thread [1] for the Mysos proposal the project > > name came up as a potential issue due to its similarity with Apache > > Mesos. > > This was carried over and also raised on the board@ and private@mesos > > mailing lists. As a follow up to those discussions I have created a > > podling > > name search [2] and would like to open up the discussion regarding the > > project name here on our dev list. Before any additional project setup > > occurs I would like to make sure we have closed any outstanding issues > > with > > the Mysos name or proposed and voted on a new name (if necessary). > > > > -Jake > > > > > > [1]: http://s.apache.org/EjOH > > [2]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-78 >
