Epsilon is catchy On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 6:41 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 January 2016 at 09:28, luc <l...@spaceroots.org> wrote: > > Le 2016-01-25 08:52, Benedikt Ritter a écrit : > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> I very much like the idea of taking the name of a famous mathematician. > > In which case it has to be > > Euclid or Pythagoras (early) > or > Paul Erdős - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number > > and everyone has heard of > John Nash (Beautiful Mind) > > etc. > In the spirit of recent discussions, how about a RNG to pick the > mathematician's name for each next incarnation? > > ;-) > > >> If it has to be some thing more descriptive: Apache Commons HttpClient > >> went > >> to Apache HttpComponents. How about Apache Math Components as TLP name? > > I quite like Apache Epsilon as a non-descriptive but related name. > > [ducks behind bikshed] > > >> > >> Benedikt > >> > >> 2016-01-25 8:40 GMT+01:00 Ole Ersoy <ole.er...@gmail.com>: > >> > >>> Umbrella-ish is good. Linear algebra, genetic algorithms, neural > >>> networks, clustering, monte carlo, simplex...These need an umbrella. > >>> Some > >>> of the other Apache projects that do math may be interested in moving > >>> that > >>> piece under the Apache Math umbrella. > >>> > >>> Personally I like to see each in a separate repository dedicated to the > >>> subject, along with the corresponding documentation, etc So: > >>> apache-math (Central repository describing the project as a whole with > >>> the > >>> documentation that cuts across modules) > >>> apache-math-linear-real > >>> apache-math-linear-field > >>> apache-math-optimization-genetic > >>> apache-math-optimization-simplex > >>> etc. > >>> > >>> And hopefully: > >>> apache-math-optimization-integer > >>> apache-math-optimization-mixed > >>> And more.. > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> Ole > >>> > >>> > >>> On 01/24/2016 04:41 PM, Phil Steitz wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 3:17 PM, Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Just plain and simple "Apache Math" maybe? > >>>>> Or is it taken already? > >>>>> > >>>> It's not taken; but I thought it was too broad-sounding and in fact > >>>> umbrella-ish. There are other ASF projects that do math-relates > things. > >>>> I > >>>> think adding "components" makes it look more like a library of base > >>>> components that other math-related projects can use. > >>>> > >>>> Phil > >>>> > >>>>> Gilles > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:46:17 -0700, Phil Steitz 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. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> 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 > > > > > > I would be happy with either Math Components or Math. > > Also I do favor fancy acronyms that read exactly as well known > > names (23 years ago, the name of my first mathematics library was > > an acronym that read "Cantor"), it is probably not a good idea for > > this new TLP. > > > > In any case, the project will most probably be de facto an umbrella > > project as modularizing it seems in the current mood. > > > > best regards, > > Luc > > > > > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> 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 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
