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[Davanum Srinivas <davanum@xxxxxxxxx>]

Anne,

Here's the guidance provided by ASF for their Incubator Podlings which
can be used to come up with a process of our own.

http://incubator.apache.org/guides/names.html

-- dims

On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Anne Gentle <anne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
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> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Monty Taylor <mordred@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/11/2013 04:07 PM, Asher Newcomer wrote:
>> > Or even better, just continue to call it openstack networking. The code
>> > names only serve to confuse the uninitiated. They needlessly steepen the
>> > learning curve and slow uptake.
>>
>> The problem with OpenStack Networking (or getting rid of codenames) is
>> seen with pre-incubation->incubation->integrated cycle.
>>
>> A project cannot call itself "OpenStack Foo" until it actually _is_
>> openstack foo. So any new project by necessity has to start off as
>> something else.
>>
>> But - if we then require them to drop that name and become openstack foo
>> when they become incubated or integrated, then we've got what's become a
>> stable project with a decent amount of contributors renaming itself.
>>
>> Every. Time.
>>
>> The code names aren't just cute. I kind of wish they were, because it
>> would make several things much easier if we could just ditch them and do
>> a pure openstack. code namespace. But the reality is that it gets really
>> really tricky to deal with a bunch of things if they go away.
>
>
> I told Monty and the TC this at the Summit (sorry I couldn't attend the
> session about code names). I find this trickiness a weak argument in the
> face of the invented names that are getting to be as bad as U.S.
> pharmaceuticals. Plus it forces us to put a "lookup" table in the docs
> forever. [1] Let's find a process for naming that meets a few reqs:
> - describes the service
> - goes through a legal review
> - enables new eyes to understanding it by reading the English word that the
> service represents (that can be translated into a meaningful word in other
> languages)
>
> If we have to preface with Stackforge to indicate pre-incubation, that's
> fine. Use Incubating or some such to indicate incubation. Meaningful words
> have meaning.
>
> I acknowledge we still have to indicate what commands, daemon names, and so
> on are related to a particular service. That issue is also fixable with some
> resources and effort and pays off in easier adoption and understanding.
>
> Anne
>
> 1.
> http://docs.openstack.org/grizzly/openstack-compute/install/yum/content/terminology-codenames.html
>
>>
>>
>> > On May 11, 2013 3:59 PM, "Davanum Srinivas" <davanum@xxxxxxxxx
>> > <mailto:davanum@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >
>> >     Lattice
>> >
>> >     -- dims
>> >
>> >     On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Mark Turner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> >     <mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >     > Tubes
>> >     >
>> >     > ;-)
>> >     >
>> >     >
>> >     > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jason Smith
>> >     <jason.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jason.smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>> >     > wrote:
>> >     >>
>> >     >> Hello,
>> >     >> I understand why we had to give up Quantum code name but rather
>> >     than just
>> >     >> refer to it as networking let's come up with a new code name!
>> >     >>
>> >     >> Thoughts?
>> >     >>
>> >     >> Thanks,
>> >     >> -js
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