> -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Steitz [mailto:phil.ste...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 6:46 PM > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: [sanselan] Next steps > > 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?
+1 for a functional name, Image or other. > My preference would be to adopt a functional name. 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)? > > My preference would be o.a.c.x, where x is the new functional name. > Repackaging provides an opportunity to revise the name. +1, yep, just like all other commons packages. > > 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
