On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 19/12/2011 14:54, Gary Gregory wrote: > >> This is a VOTE to [ALL] to rename Commons Sanselan to Commons Image. > >> > >> The drive is to have a meaningful obvious name like [Lang], [IO], [Net], > >> and so on. > >> > >> This VOTE is open until December 22, 10AM EST. > > > > -1. > > > > The naming decision was made by the community when Sanselan joined > > Commons 2.5 years ago [1] and I see no reason to revisit that decision. > > I am rather disappointed to see this being rehashed after the issue has > > already been resolved. > > I think every decision can be revisited at any time, if the > participants of this project feel the need to do so. There is no > decision carved in stone and I am pretty surprised you are > "disappointed" just because something is discussed again - after all, > 2.5 years are a long time. Actually I think revisiting old decisions > from time to time is the key for the progress of a project. > > > Not all Commons components have functional names. If the Sanselan > > community wants to use that name then I have no problem with that. > > I agree, even when I like Commons Image (et al) better. I have not > seen Charles speaking up on this matter, I hope he is still around. > > Anyway it should be the Commons Community and the Sanselan Component. > > Looking at this: http://bit.ly/tZc8Tf > Most people participating on Sanselan are discussing the rename change. > > Cheers > Christian > Your biggest participant on Sanselan in terms of functional code (ie. image stuff) in the past year is me, and I haven't said anything until now :). A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, and I am neither particularly for nor against a rename. But if we do rename Sanselan, I would most like the new name to be Imaging. Damjan
