+1
On 10/6/06, Mark Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+1 On 6 Oct 2006, at 19:01, Daniel Kulp wrote: > > I'd like to vote to officially rename the project to Apache CXF. > > I'm extremely +1. > > > There are a lot reasons to do so: (summary of previous discussions) > > 1) All of our Apache resources are "CXF". If someone goes to > apache to > looking for CeltiXfire using the "normal Apache" URL's and such, > they won't > find it. Example: if they send a note to celtixfire-dev-subsribe, > it would > bounce, etc... > > 2) Branding - It seems like all of us are calling it CXF in our > communication. However, the "Apache Branding" would require it to > use the > full project name. It would be good if it matched to avoid > confusion for > users. (Example: in a note on the incubator list during the recent > issues, someone asked why we were calling it CXF.) Anyway, a lot > of people > are already associating CXF with the project. Let's build on that. > > 3) Our package name, jars, install dir, etc.. all use "cxf" right > now. No > work would need to be done there. (I'm lazy, I admit it.) > > 4) No wacky CamelCase spellings to cause confusions and branding > issues. > (Celtixfire, CeltiXfire, CeltiXFire, etc..) > > 5) Already I18N capable. :-) Seriously, we had some chats on IRC > about "how to pronounce" some of the other ideas. Example: > Apparently the > word "foam" is hard to pronounce in some locales. Also, "Celtic" is > pronounced different in various locales as well. > > 6) Break some ties with the "messes" that we've been involved in. > I keep > hearing nicknames like "celtic-miss-fire" and such. That's not > good. The > recent events certainly didn't help things. A semi-clean slate is > probably > a good idea. Make them think of new nicknames. :-) > > 7) However, by keeping the initials, there is "some" tie to the > previous > projects, but the tie is broken enough to make it clear, this > really is > something new and better. > > 8) The top two google links for CXF are already our own confluence > space. > Nice job everyone. :-) CXF is an acronym for "Chemical > eXchange Format", > but that really shouldn't matter for us. > > Thanks! > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer > IONA > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
