On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 3:23 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> wrote: > On 3/13/2010 10:41 AM, Noirin Shirley wrote: >> >> If we're going to do a massive sed, my preference would be for Apache >> HTTPD and HTTPD, because the capitalisation avoids the confusion >> between httpd-the-server and httpd-the-command, and it's fewer words >> :-) > > Please note, Apache httpd [always lower case] is the httpd (short name) > application program from the Apache Software Foundation. Apache HTTP Server > is the title of the program.
If we're trying to give our users a better understanding of what our project is in the context of the foundation, this is not the way to do it. I've been hanging around here for 5+ yrs, and I can't parse what you've written, I've no idea what you're suggesting each term refers to--and "application program" never appears in our docs, as far as I can see, so that doesn't help. > The letters HTTPD in upper case are nonsense, > because HTTP is capitalized as a specification and acronym, while httpd > is lower case following the convention that the program is installed with. I don't see why that makes nonsense out of HTTPD in upper case. "httpd" in lower case is, as you say, a convention (I don't know what you mean by "the convention that the program is installed with?). That doesn't mean HTTPD is nonsense - or HTTPd, or Httpd (let's not go the LaTeX route though :-)). If we want to get users on to a new name for the thing they've always called "Apache", I think it's important that we make it as easy as possible to know what the project is called, and that we disambiguate between the name of the project and the name of the command. If we go with Apache HTTP Server (httpd), we're failing on both counts. First of all, users suddenly have to deal with two names for the project (is it called HTTP Server, or httpd?), and secondly, one of those names is the same as the command (so is that really a name, or are they trying to remind me what the command is? Whatever, I'll just call it Apache and everyone will know what I mean.) > Introducing "Apache HTTPD" [omiting Server], or "HTTPD" or "Apache Server" > all serve to further confuse this landscape. And this is certainly not > the work of the Apache HTTPD Server Project ;-) I disagree. I think introducing a single term is the only way to clear up this already-confused landscape. If the Diktat is that the project is now called Apache HTTP Server, that's fine--but we need to stop calling it httpd in that case, and make sure that any docs references to httpd refer to the command, not the project. N --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: docs-unsubscr...@httpd.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: docs-h...@httpd.apache.org
