Sean,
perhaps it came off that way, but it wasn't intended to be
deliberately obtuse. I understand your point, and I was actually
making a general observation based on comments I've read from several/
most of the core team. As I said, this wasn't a new argument on my
part to prop up my increasingly unpopular opinions on the naming
thing, just a general observation. My apologies if I offended.
Cheers and Seasons Greetings ...
Paul
On 24-Dec-05, at 5:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Paul,
My point is that IMO changing an imperfect name can be *much worse*
than
keeping it. Did you not get this from my email, or are you being
purposefully obtuse?
Merry Christmas,
Sean
Has anyone else noticed that a common sentiment that MapServer is not
a particularly great name? It seems the core developers, in
particular, are not that invested in the name. Seems weird that the
community is working so hard to defend something that the 'owners'
are not even that sure they want to keep. This is just an
observation, not a new argument :)
Cheers
Paul
On 23-Dec-05, at 7:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gary,
I simply think that trying to rename the MapServer project is
detrimental
to the project, and I've really appreciated that you're more
sensitive to
this than most of the open letter signers. I'm not in love with the
name
MapServer by any means, but it would best be left unchanged both
for the
health of the project and to provide some continuity from the
existing
MapServer community. Frankly, I don't care what the foundation is
named so
long as it doesn't trample on any other open source project or
foundation.
cheers,
Sean
Sean,
Would moving MapServer from UMinn to the, say, "Open Source
Geospatial
Foundation" be asking for trouble compared to putting it into the
"MapServer Foundation"? If not, why not?
Gary
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To: Attila Csipa
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naming poll
Attila,
I have customers who have been equally confused by this project
name
churning. A foundation could be a good thing, but trying to rebrand
MapServer at the same time is asking for trouble.
cheers,
Sean
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