Hi Mark, Mark Thomas wrote:
> On 22/12/2011 13:00, Paul Benedict wrote: >> -0 >> I think project names are ASF property (like a trademark). Without >> clarification from the board or legal, the vote seems premature. > > Projects are free to change the name of a component whenever they like. > Changing the name of a TLP requires board approval. > > There are obviously several things to be taken into consideration when > considering a name change including: > - how well know is the current name > - impact on existing users > - Maven artefact names > - searching for old name > - changes to build systems to use new name > - bunch of other stuff I haven't thought of > - effort required be dev community > - update code > - update website > - update Jira + other supporting systems > - bunch of other stuff I haven't thought of > - benefits of the change > > I haven't seen much discussion of the relative pros and cons of this > change so far. Because the name discussion started after we recognized that we will break the API with version 1.0 and therefore need a new package and Maven artifact name. That means a lot of these topics above are affected independently of an additional new name of the artifact. - Jörg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
