Gotta agree with David here.  I'd prefer a less ambiguous name.

--Glen

"David Jencks" <david_jen...@yahoo.com> wrote:

>As I attempted to politely make clear earlier I find this name extremely 
>confusing.   Web connectors are just one subject area I assume this project 
>covers.
>
>I think its generally a good idea if projects don't use their names to imply 
>they are the only apache implementation of a certain kind of functionality.  
>In this case it seems to me that the name is implying that it is the official 
>sole apache implementation of at least two distinct kinds of functionality 
>other than what it actually does. (web container connectors of which mod_jk is 
>an example and java connector architecture).  To be blunt I think this is a 
>really bad name and feels to me a bit like a land grab.
>
>thanks
>david jencks
>
>On Aug 23, 2010, at 11:38 PM, Simon Willnauer wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Aug 21, 2010, at 6:30 AM, Pid * wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Isn't there a risk of causing confusion with the Apache HTTPD mod_jk /
>>>> Tomcat Connector?
>>> 
>>> Looks pretty distinct to me.
>> I agree, the risk that people confuse those two seems very low.
>> Especially since the mod_jk has been around for a while and is usually
>> referred to as mod_jk and not as Tomcat Connector AFAIK but I can be
>> wrong about the latter.
>> 
>> simon
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> p
>>>> 
>>>> On 18 Aug 2010, at 16:17, Grant Ingersoll <gsing...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Do you think this requires a formal IPMC vote or can we just do it?  
>>>>> Thankfully, I think most of our mailing lists, etc. are already 
>>>>> "generic", so we shouldn't really need to change much in terms of 
>>>>> branding other than the primary website.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Aug 16, 2010, at 7:49 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Grant Ingersoll wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> The "Lucene Connectors Framework" committers are voting to rename our
>>>>>> project
>>>>>>>> from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework", 
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> cease being a subproject of Lucene.  What is the process for doing
>>>>>> something
>>>>>>>> like this?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> LCF is not a subproject of Lucene at the moment, since it is in the
>>>>>> Incubator.
>>>>>>> Nothing else project wise would change other than the name at this 
>>>>>>> point.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Unless there is an objection, I don't see a problem.  Nothing in Apache
>>>>>> Connectors Framework smacks of a possible trademark issue.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>   --- Noel
>>>>>> 
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