On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:05:43 +0200 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of ext Spencer, Bob > > Sent: 29 April, 2010 04:59 > > To: Shaver, Michael R; [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [MeeGo-dev] Repository Working Group - next steps > > > > "What's in a name?" > > Let's _not_ call it a rose. > > > Shaver, Michael R wrote: > > >> 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/...? > > > > That is the intent. > > Just much better, simpler and more user friendly :) > > > >> > > >> Can I request that we DON'T call the gateway to community > > >> downloads "Garage"? > > Yes. "Garage" was picked because I spent 0 time thinking about the > > name and > > started working on a client to be ready for our release (and it > > takes time to empower a viable, responsible, "Community Repository > > Team") The current name of the app is "MeeGo Garage" and can be > > changed. > > > > >> > > >> * "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. > > > > Only "seemingly". Let's get a name we all like. The app name can > > be changed with the first meego update when we hook it up to the > > real repos this team sets up. It is currently pointing to the MeeGo > > "extras" > > repo to provide a starting point for our efforts. > > > > I do think the name could imply experimental or unpolished. I > > assume the high-quality, professional apps would be put into AppUp, > > which can also have open source apps. 2c. > > Or anywhere the author wants. > > But we also need the process and mechanisms to ensure that the > community apps are of good quality. The apps are one of the calling > cards of the community. Also some process to ensure that the people > building on the community OBS do not hog the system or try to do > otherwise bad things in there. >
If the name implies experimental and unpolished from the beginning, that's what you will get for the content. It is a bad to assume that only "official" vendor sanctioned applications are any good, and advertise all independent work as experimental and unpolished. Having a place for experimental products and tools is great, but making this the *only* place for independent offerings is terrible. It basically excludes independent developers from the market. Bernd -- Bernd Stramm <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ MeeGo-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-dev
