I sort of don't really understand why we would write Dag. It seems kindof the worst of both worlds. That's not what the class is. And it doesn't really make sense as a proper noun.
I would just use dag most of the time and DAG when you need to refer unambiguously to the actual class. On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM Jarek Potiuk <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't think we concluded whether we should use "Dag" or "dag" - but I > think the important goal of why we decided on dropping the "DAG" as acronym > was that we want to really start "owning" the "Dag" term - "Dag" really > meaning "Airflow Workflow". > I think using capitalized form "Dag" fulfills that goal better than "dag". > > J. > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM Pierre Jeambrun <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Response thread there. Can’t remember the full outcome from the top of my > > head but “Dag, dag, dags” seems fine, preferably for doc, new code, user > > facing, but not worth the trouble going through the whole codebase for > > refactoring. > > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/8k338stlkkp07ko3no70p2nng757kd1w > > > > On Sun 31 Aug 2025 at 17:01, Wei Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I think our previous consensus was “dag" or “dags", but recent PRs, > > > including mine, have changed them to "Dag". I’m fine with "Dag" or > “dag” > > > (like “dag” a bit more) as long as it’s not “DAG”. > > > > > > I believe we should better document the decision this time. I can > create > > > that PR once we finalize it again here. > > > > > > Best, > > > Wei > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 2025, at 9:13 PM, Daniel Standish > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Saw this PR https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/55097 > > > > > > > > I thought we discussed this at some point that using just "dag" or > > "dags" > > > > is perfectly fine. De-emphasizing the mathy origin of the "DAG" > > concept. > > > > > > > > Personally I believe we should leave instances of "dag" or "dags" in > > the > > > > docs alone. > > > > > > > > Is the consensus I recall just an invention of my mind? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > >
