On Jan 24, 2016 1:46 PM, "Phil Steitz" <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 1/24/16 2:16 PM, James Carman wrote: > > I guess it depends on the scope of what the new TLP is going to do. > > This is slightly jumping the gun, as we do have the opportunity in > forming the new TLP to revisit the initial goals of [math]; but I > suspect that initially at least we will mostly continue to be a > general-purpose Java math library, trying to provide IP-clean, > easily integrated, standard algorithm-based solutions to common math > programming problems. We have grown to the point where we will > almost certainly break the distribution up into separate > "components." No umbrella, but likely multiple release artifacts. > Similar in some ways to what happened with [http], which is why I > suggested the same approach to naming. > > Regarding picking a mathematician for the name, I don't much like > that idea as whoever you choose, you end up loading some math area > and / or cultural bias into the name.
+1 Cute names end up being a hindrance IMO. How much clearer is "Apache Commmons Imaging" that Sanselan (which I was never sure how to spell)? Gary > > Phil > > Umbrella projects aren't that popular these days, from what I understand. > > Maybe an homage to a famous mathematician? Apache Newton? Apache Euler? > > Apache Euclid? > > > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> We need to agree on a name. My own preference is for a boring, > >> descriptive name, but I am manifestly not a marketing guy, so won't > >> be offended if others want to be more creative. > >> > >> My suggestion is > >> > >> MathComponents > >> > >> Hearkens back to HttpComponents, which has worked pretty well. > >> > >> Phil > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 >
