On 28/04/2009, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > We have voted to accept sanselan as a commons component [1]. Welcome! > > We now need to settle the administrative questions raised in [2]: > > 2. Most commons components have a "functional" name instead of a "fun" > name. Would Sanselan need to be renamed, e.g. Commons Image, or would it be > ok to have the sub-project called Sanselan, or Commons Sanselan? > > My preference would be to adopt a functional name.
+1 for functional name -0.9 for Sanselan BTW in French the name could mean "without enthusiasm" if one ignores the missing space and acute accent ;-) As it happens, "Image" means much the same in French as in English. > We used to have this > documented as a policy, but that seems to vanished from the web pages, so it > is possible that we made a conscious decision that I just personally forgot > about to eliminate this policy. If others - most importantly, the Sanselan > community - feel strongly about not changing the name, I am OK with it. It > makes it easier for people to find their way through our components, > however, if their names are descriptive. Personally, I feel the same way > about TLPs, but that is a separate topic. > > 3. Would any changes be required from the existing packaging of Sanselan? > For example, packages are named org.apache.sanselan. Would these need to be > renamed to org.apache.commons.sanselan (or less fun name as above)? +1 for o.a.c.x > My preference would be o.a.c.x, where x is the new functional name. > Repackaging provides an opportunity to revise the name. > > I have separately kicked off a vote on private@ (per our custom) on > commitership. Once that closes, we will need volunteers to help with the > svn move and component setup. > > Thanks! > > Phil > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/cwngahpm2aieop6c > [2] http://markmail.org/message/4oum556w4wqubnvm > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
