That looks much better to me. I would point out also that the key worry about confusion is on the part of people *outside* the project. Those inside are likely to learn to distinguish the nuances of any name.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 11:15 AM, Yan Xu <y...@jxu.me> wrote: > 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 > > >
