MagicADB would be more appropiate. 2011/2/13 Dale Huckeby <[email protected]>
> On Sat, 12 Feb 2011, Michael Scherer wrote: > > On Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:09 +0100, Rémi Verschelde wrote: >> >>> 2011/2/11 George J. Walsh <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Or maybe, with tongue in cheek, PackRack? >>>> >>>> I get a little weary of the app thing (too much of the Apple core in >>>> there!) A package is a pack and a rack is where one stores one's packs. >>>> >>>> George >>>> >>>> >>> I'm not too fond of the App-Whatever either, sounds too Apple-ish to me. >>> I don't really like terms such as Store or Market which evocate buying >>> stuff, I think the main purpose of Mageia-app-db will be to install >>> free/non-free but free of charge softwares. >>> >> >> Well, to me, the name market and all of it connotations is quite >> consumerist, and >> doesn't really fit with the spirit of a community distribution, based on >> collaboration >> more than pure commercial exchange as the various proposed name implies. >> >> When samuel presented his idea, I was quite interested because it would >> allows me as a packager >> to find who would be ok to test packages, to collaborate when i need >> confirmation for a bug >> and so on. >> >> But it seems that the vast majority of proposal are geared toward >> replicating the model >> of Apple Appstore, Google market and others : >> - app market, app box, software database, app center, Appworld, software >> portal. >> >> Where is the collaboration in all of this ? >> > > How about MagicAp, then? > > Dale Huckeby
