If we are to choose a famous person's name, why not a famous native American mathematician? I'm not aware of any, but it would be keeping with the traditions of Apache, being a native American tribe, Geronimo being a native American chief, as well as a few others. -- H
On 24 January 2016 at 13:51, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > > -- OpenPGP: https://hasan.d8u.us/gpg.key Sent from my mobile device Envoyé de mon portable
