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[Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

He's been non-responsive about our attempts to use the LP project. My guess
is that he'd be genuinely opposed to us continuing with the name.

I do think that Marlin is kind of a silly name that won't make sense to
anyone who isn't a big geek about Linux File Managers :p

Not terribly concerned with promoting outside of elementary though, tbh.
You know me :p

On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Christian Dywan <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Is it no option to stick to Marlin, and actually continue it in honor of
> its original author? am may have lost interest, but it's still a great
> project he put in place there. Unless he is in fact opposed to that.
>
> I think "Files" is a bad name. It may make sense to display in the UI,
> but it's a mess when you want to actually discuss Mail, Files, Session
> and Launcher - you get the idea. Not to mention it's impossible to
> promote outside of Elementary.
>
> On 07.05.2012 12:28, Allen Lowe wrote:
> > I honestly think "File Cabinet" might be a good name.
> >
> > Allen Lowe
> >
> > On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Andre Luis dos Santos
> > <dominiosantos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> I agree with the taking back the code, but I think that rebranding it to
> >> something as generic as "Files" will de-brand the project completaly.
> >> Personally I think generic names (like "dock", "files", "music") are
> mad for
> >> applications. The most important parts of Pantheon have a unique brand:
> >> wingpanel, plank, switchboard, noise (UGH!), slingshot, etc.... The
> only app
> >> that does not have a so unique brand is Pantheon Terminal. Why debrand
> >> Marlin like that? Why don't we proprose and vote on a unique name? Why
> don't
> >> we just rename it to Tunafish? (ok, I'm joking here!)
> >>
> >> Just my opinion.
> >>
> >> Best regards,
> >>
> >> Andre Santos
> >>
> >> On 06-05-2012 21:30, Daniel Foré wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey guys,
> >>
> >> as I'm sure you're well aware, am monkey has decided to stop working on
> >> Marlin. As you may also be aware, I asked him if we could have the LP
> >> project back. He never responded. So we decided that we're not waiting
> >> anymore, we're just gonna take it back finally.
> >>
> >> https://code.launchpad.net/pantheon-files
> >>
> >> So boom there we go. We took it back.
> >>
> >> Best Regards,
> >>
> >> Daniel Foré
> >>
> >> elementaryos.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Best Regards,

Daniel Foré

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