On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Gary Gregory > <ggreg...@seagullsoftware.com> wrote: >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Luc Maisonobe [mailto:luc.maison...@free.fr] >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 14:52 >>> To: Commons Developers List >>> Subject: Re: [sandbox] new sandbox component >>> >>> Le 31/01/2011 20:13, Phil Steitz a écrit : >>> > On 1/31/11 1:59 PM, Luc Maisonobe wrote: >>> >> Le 31/01/2011 17:46, Gary Gregory a écrit : >>> >>> Does that really fit in [math] or would it be better in a new component >>> like a [geometry]? >>> >> Good idea, thanks Gary, I'll start with geometry as the name. We can >>> >> decide later if we include it in [math] or not. It will at least depend >>> >> on [math]. >>> >> >>> > Hey, last I checked geometry was a field within math :) >>> >>> Yes, and its the part the new code will depend on. >>> So should I stick to BSP ? I was wondering if I can do some nice acronym >>> that would sound like commons-BoSPhore (this was also a pun as Bosphore >>> can be considered a splitting line between Europe and Asia ... >>> >>> Luc >> >> While I like to have fun to make up names, for smaller components (as >> opposed to a server), l like obvious names. [Math] is obvious. [BSP] is not >> crystal clear but [Math-BSP] is. >> >> I always scratch my head when I read: '[ANNOUNCE] Project Zazibar releases >> version 2.3' and nowhere in the announcement is a hint of what project >> Zanzibar is. >> >> [Math-...] makes it obvious that it is closely related to [Math]. But it's >> not as much fun as Project Ka-Pow. >> > So far, we have mostly steered clear of cutesy, meaningless names in > Commons. Personally, I would prefer that we keep it that way. <snip/>
+1 -Rahul > The > "old charter" [1], which I guess is now somehow "deprecated" actually > requires "boring functional names." > > Phil > > [1] http://commons.apache.org/oldcharter.html > >> Gary >> >>> >>> > >>> > Phil >>> >> Luc >>> >> >>> >>> Gary >>> >>> >>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>> >>>> From: luc.maison...@free.fr [mailto:luc.maison...@free.fr] >>> >>>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 11:23 >>> >>>> To: Commons Developers List >>> >>>> Subject: [sandbox] new sandbox component >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>> >>>> >>> >>>> I have a bunch of code lying around to deal with BSP trees (useful in >>> >>>> different kinds of geometry modeling) and I would like to start a new >>> >>>> sandbox component to improve it and maybe merge it back to [math] if >>> useful >>> >>>> or let it grow as a standalone component. >>> >>>> >>> >>>> Do you agree with the idea ? How do I start a new sandbox component ? >>> >>>> >>> >>>> best regards, >>> >>>> Luc >>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
