He's been non-responsive about our attempts to use the LP project. My guess is that he'd be genuinely opposed to us continuing with the name.
I do think that Marlin is kind of a silly name that won't make sense to anyone who isn't a big geek about Linux File Managers :p Not terribly concerned with promoting outside of elementary though, tbh. You know me :p On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Christian Dywan <[email protected]>wrote: > Is it no option to stick to Marlin, and actually continue it in honor of > its original author? am may have lost interest, but it's still a great > project he put in place there. Unless he is in fact opposed to that. > > I think "Files" is a bad name. It may make sense to display in the UI, > but it's a mess when you want to actually discuss Mail, Files, Session > and Launcher - you get the idea. Not to mention it's impossible to > promote outside of Elementary. > > On 07.05.2012 12:28, Allen Lowe wrote: > > I honestly think "File Cabinet" might be a good name. > > > > Allen Lowe > > > > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andre Luis dos Santos > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree with the taking back the code, but I think that rebranding it to > >> something as generic as "Files" will de-brand the project completaly. > >> Personally I think generic names (like "dock", "files", "music") are > mad for > >> applications. The most important parts of Pantheon have a unique brand: > >> wingpanel, plank, switchboard, noise (UGH!), slingshot, etc.... The > only app > >> that does not have a so unique brand is Pantheon Terminal. Why debrand > >> Marlin like that? Why don't we proprose and vote on a unique name? Why > don't > >> we just rename it to Tunafish? (ok, I'm joking here!) > >> > >> Just my opinion. > >> > >> Best regards, > >> > >> Andre Santos > >> > >> On 06-05-2012 21:30, Daniel Foré wrote: > >> > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> as I'm sure you're well aware, am monkey has decided to stop working on > >> Marlin. As you may also be aware, I asked him if we could have the LP > >> project back. He never responded. So we decided that we're not waiting > >> anymore, we're just gonna take it back finally. > >> > >> https://code.launchpad.net/pantheon-files > >> > >> So boom there we go. We took it back. > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> > >> Daniel Foré > >> > >> elementaryos.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~elementary-dev-community > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Best Regards, Daniel Foré elementaryos.org
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