Hi Jeff; the name "flatpak" was proposed[0] and it's in the process of being adopted[1].
Ciao, Emmanuele. [0]: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg-app/2016-May/000195.html [1]: https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg-app/2016-May/000204.html On 13 May 2016 at 05:00, Jeff F. T. <nekoh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Uh oh, looks like I'll have to fork this thread and turn it into a > cross-mailing list one! > > > Le jeudi 12 mai 2016 à 12:59 -0700, Adelia Rahim a écrit : > > Hi everyone, > > It has taken a while, but finally we have the bulk of the articles ready for > review; > > 1) Hackfests > 2) Releases > 3) Conferences > 4) Feature article on Xdg-app and Builder > 5) Outreach > 6) Accessibility > > For the reviewers, focus first on content for accuracy and also clarity. I > need your assistance to complete the review by Friday, 20 May 2016. (an > article a day helps defray the workload :) ) > > I’m not expecting major comments on structure and style, as (most of) the > writers involved have written for the annual report before. However, if > there are any major areas for improvement, please highlight. > > As you go along, also look out for spelling, punctuation, capitalisation and > consistencies in words and terminologies. > > Those on the mailing list, you can also provide feedback at this phase :) > > Let’s do this! > > best, > adelia > > Main Initiative Page: https://wiki.gnome.org/Engagement/AnnualReport/2015 > > _______________________________________________ > engagement-list mailing list > > > > > Well, I have a question regarding the "Feature article on Xdg-app and > Builder" currently being drafted for the GNOME Annual Report... XDG-App has > often been written as "xdg-app", "Xdg-App" or some other variants. It seems > it was not used in a standardized way so far. For example: > > https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/SandboxedApps ("Xdg-App") > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xdg-app ("xdg-app") > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-app/ ("xdg-app") > > To me, the current name makes more sense to be capitalized as "XDG-App", or > "XDG App" (as far as I know, XDG is an acronym for "X Desktop Group")… But! > It so happens that there was a larger discussion two months ago about the > problematic branding of the project, in the thread "The xdg-app story", at > https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg-app/2016-March/thread.html — that > discussion had quite a bit of traction, and alternative project names were > proposed. It ended with "almost a decision", but no clear announcement on > what was decided after all. At that time there was, as Alexander said, "no > super hurry". > > …well, that's until I come in and mess with your plans, folks ;) > > Indeed, the annual report makes settling this a bit more urgent, in my view. > It would be great if we could get the naming nailed down before the words > are etched forever on dead trees—it would hurt the visibility of the > project's new identity if we were to publish a brand new article using the > old naming. > > According to the Annual Report's wiki page, the plan is to get it off the > printing press by the end of June... so time is of the essence. > > _______________________________________________ > xdg-app mailing list > xdg-...@lists.freedesktop.org > https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg-app > -- https://www.bassi.io [@] ebassi [@gmail.com] _______________________________________________ engagement-list mailing list engagement-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/engagement-list
