>On 4/28/10 1:39 AM, "Andrew Flegg" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 00:27, Spencer, Bob <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> My ears were burning and now I know why. I've read through the >> thread and picked here to jump in for a few comments below. > > Great to see you here, Bob. > >> Here's some more stuff to throw into the discussion. We've >> been focusing on the netbook "garage" client with the hopes >> that governance would be clear on how to proceed with process. > > I assume "garage client" is equivalent to aptitude/Hildon Application > Manager/...? > > Can I request that we DON'T call the gateway to community downloads "Garage"? > > * "Garage" doesn't make me think of car showrooms, it makes > me think of mechanics. This gives an overly technical > impression to what will be a source of very high quality > software. > > * "Garage" has a strong, and long-lived, meaning in the > Maemo community as site providing GForge/Sourceforge-style > facilities for the building and management of projects, > rather than the distribution of them. > > * "Garage" was a term used by Moblin. Adopting it without > further discussion for MeeGo would seem like once again > Intel is reusing labels from Moblin directly on MeeGo, > seemingly short-changing the Maemo community.
I tend to agree that calling community downloads "Garage" probably isn't the best. As Andrew states, it doesn't have the best connotation and doesn't describe the quality of the software available. I agree also we have mixed meaning in both the Moblin and Maemo communities. I would take this a step further though and not create additional names for the related activities around community downloads. The Maemo Garage is an example of this. Although the Maemo Garage is directly related to community downloads, it's hard to tell from a naming perspective. Even though the management and building of projects is targeting a different user base, it should all clearly related to the final destination; ie. community downloads. Because we may still need some distinction between app store downloads, I'm still inclined to name these "Add ons" or "Extras". Mike > Thanks in advance, > > Andrew > > -- > Andrew Flegg -- mailto:[email protected] | http://www.bleb.org/ > Maemo Community Council chair > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev > _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
