So, here's the deal, we can't use Marlin, Marlin is off the table, end of story. I did like Magellan a lot however.
Thanks, Allen Lowe On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Brendan William <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Andrea here, Pantheon Files soindslike a horrible name and > would draw back many users. > > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Andrea Basso <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I personally think pantheon-files is a terrible name. > Marlin is already widely used by many users in several distros other than > elementary and they'll use our version since Marlin is discontinued, now. > Keeping using Marlin sounds good, even though could be a bit unfair if > ammonkey doesn't want us to do that. I see no point in calling it > pantheon-files, I don't like the idea of marking it as ours. It's against > open-source philosophy, doesn't help convincing other distros to use it and > I personally would never install an app which is marked by someone else. You > know, it makes it sound us like a bit of douchebags. Plus, its function is > already clear because we decided to change the icon to something clearer, > like a folder (don't know if pantheon-files already has that). > > Andre Luis, I'm not sure about that, we need to release a beta shortly and > this would really slow us down. > > Regards, > Andrea Basso > > On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Kumar Aatish <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Going by the 'standard' having a unique name for file browser makes sense. >> It will feel inconsistent otherwise. Also for people who install more than >> one file browser, similar names would be frustrating. >> i propose 'Magellan' if people are convinced not to use Marlin. >> >> On May 8, 2012 11:09 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I agree with Christian. I know Canonical will be considering Marlin for >>> 12.10, and I think it will be good if the name is distinctive. 'Files' or >>> 'Briefcase' is the opposite of distinctive; Files is also being used as a >>> name by Gnome Shell (for Nautilus), and remember briefcases from Windows 9x? >>> It's fine if you use 'Files' for the application as you use 'Terminal' for >>> Pantheon Terminal, but the name itself should be unique. >>> >>> On 8 May 2012 03:24, Cassidy James <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I think "Files" is a fine name; it's not made to be a particularly >>>> cross-platform app, and any time in doubt you could call it by it's more >>>> specific name, "Pantheon Files." Similar to how "Terminal" is really >>>> "Pantheon Terminal." But in this case I think naming it what the user would >>>> expect is more advantageous than the potential branding opportunity. >>>> >>>> In fact, it could even be a bigger "branding" opportunity; imagine if >>>> Ubuntu moved from Nautilus to Pantheon Files! It'd be the best of both >>>> worlds because developers would hear about Pantheon while users would get a >>>> more sensible name. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Cassidy James >>>> >>>> On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 2:56 PM, Daniel Foré <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >> > > > > -- > 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
