For sure nobody wants to alienate the users. But it also about getting in line with the policies of the ASF, e.g. branding. Given that we are considering a lot of impacting changes in the near future (see other threads), the opportunity to rename the artefacts becomes evident when these intended changes are upon us.
Best regards, Pierre Smits *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* Services & Solutions for Cloud- Based Manufacturing, Professional Services and Retail & Trade http://www.orrtiz.com On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Jacques Le Roux < [email protected]> wrote: > Le 27/04/2015 13:08, Jacques Le Roux a écrit : > >> I agree with Adam moreover I don't see a real need to rename packages and >> what it would add to the project apart more efforts and confusion. So like >> Adam >> > > Mmm, I was not clear, of course for the project it would be cool. I was > more thinking about the project users, our beloved users.... We should not > mistreat them when we can avoid... I see no plus in renaming packages! > > Jacques > > > >> -1, even in the long term on my side, I'm not mad about having ALL >> "clean"! >> >> Jacques >> >> Le 22/04/2015 17:13, Adam Heath a écrit : >> >>> -1, but not permanently. >>> >>> If we start renaming things, then it'll become hard to port changes back >>> and forth between release branches and trunk. We need to reduce the number >>> of outstanding branches first, before this can even be started. >>> >>> On 04/22/2015 10:09 AM, Ron Wheeler wrote: >>> >>>> I was thinking of something like an 8 hour sprint where several people >>>> divide up the task and do it and test it quickly. >>>> divide up by application, code/XML, seed data, documentation, testing >>>> and what ever makes sense to get the change done in a few hours. >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> On 22/04/2015 5:01 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: >>>> >>>>> Ron, >>>>> >>>>> Notwithstanding the appropriateness of the elements in your response, >>>>> everything done in the OFBiz project IS a community project (endeavour >>>>> for >>>>> a better word). >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for reiterating the invite for more collaboration. I >>>>> wholeheartedly agree and support. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards, >>>>> >>>>> Pierre Smits >>>>> >>>>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >>>>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- >>>>> Based Manufacturing, Professional >>>>> Services and Retail & Trade >>>>> http://www.orrtiz.com >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Ron Wheeler < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Definitely a good idea. >>>>>> Should it be done as a community project over a short period of time? >>>>>> It would seem to be easier to do as a sort of global "search and >>>>>> replace" >>>>>> followed by testing rather than modifying a piece and looking for all >>>>>> of >>>>>> the references to that code and changing them and testing and then >>>>>> picking >>>>>> the next piece. >>>>>> >>>>>> Adding a JIRA sounds like the best start. >>>>>> >>>>>> Ron >>>>>> >>>>>> On 22/04/2015 4:36 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In this posting http://ofbiz.markmail.org/message/mjlm5dvimcjngr6k >>>>>>> Adrian >>>>>>> proposed to rename our OFBiz artefacts from "org.ofbiz" to >>>>>>> "org.apache.ofbiz" to bring it more inline to conventions used by >>>>>>> other >>>>>>> Apache projects/products. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Does this proposal need any further discussion? Or can we move >>>>>>> forward by >>>>>>> creating a JIRA and work from there? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best regards, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Pierre Smits >>>>>>> >>>>>>> *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* >>>>>>> Services & Solutions for Cloud- >>>>>>> Based Manufacturing, Professional >>>>>>> Services and Retail & Trade >>>>>>> http://www.orrtiz.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> Ron Wheeler >>>>>> President >>>>>> Artifact Software Inc >>>>>> email: [email protected] >>>>>> skype: ronaldmwheeler >>>>>> phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>
