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["Jay I." <jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx>]

hi charl.

>I would like to try something different.  We are essentially breaking
> away from the idea of just doing package management.  We are trying to
> delivery an environment not merely selecting packages.

i should say i was also thinking about 'environment manager' but i
thought that environment is a much larger term and somebody may treat
say gnome or bash settings as part of his environment. what confuses me
is that 'devbuntu' is a name of an os so 'Devbuntu Environment Manager'
should be something that manages every bit of this os. in fact we'll be
only managing one piece of os environment - the development environment.
so maybe we should call it something like 'development environment
manager'? it's 3 a.m. so i'm not so awake to generate something better.
anyway if we won't find another name then 'devbuntu environment manager'
will do.

regards,
jay

On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 12:55 +0200, Charl Wentzel wrote:
> Hi Guys
> 
> Regarding the naming issue...
> 
> On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 14:46 +0930, Ryan Macnish wrote:
> > Im agreeing with Jay about the "Devbuntu Package Manager" name and we
> > could even shorten that when talking about it alot to "DPM" which
> > sounds pretty cool too.
> 
> > > From: jay.27182818@xxxxxxxxx
> > > btw what about this name for the package manager: 'devbuntu package
> > > manager'. sounds similar to 'synaptic package manager' and quite
> > > self-descriptive.
> 
> I would like to try something different.  We are essentially breaking
> away from the idea of just doing package management.  We are trying to
> delivery an environment not merely selecting packages.  
> 
> You'll notice this right from the start with the type of questions the
> installer will ask you, e.g. What is it that you are trying to do?
> Answer: Gnome GUI development using python, or Command line apps using C
> ++, etc.
> 
> So our focus is the end result, i.e. the enviromnent.  The packages are
> just the means to our end.
> 
> So how about: 
> - DevBuntu Environment Mananager
> - DevBuntu Integrator
> - etc
> 
> Show them from the start that this is a new concept and not just apt,
> apt-get, synaptic or aptitude re-packaged.
> 
> Charl
>