100% agree with Daniel. "Dag" seems to be the worst choice out of all
options.


On Mon, Sep 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM Daniel Standish
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
> > > >
> > > >
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