I'm okay with that too. Apache Math On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 5:17 PM Gilles <gil...@harfang.homelinux.org> wrote:
> Just plain and simple "Apache Math" maybe? > Or is it taken already? > > Gilles > > On Sun, 24 Jan 2016 14:46:17 -0700, Phil Steitz wrote: > > On 1/24/16 2:16 PM, James Carman wrote: > >> I guess it depends on the scope of what the new TLP is going to do. > > > > This is slightly jumping the gun, as we do have the opportunity in > > forming the new TLP to revisit the initial goals of [math]; but I > > suspect that initially at least we will mostly continue to be a > > general-purpose Java math library, trying to provide IP-clean, > > easily integrated, standard algorithm-based solutions to common math > > programming problems. We have grown to the point where we will > > almost certainly break the distribution up into separate > > "components." No umbrella, but likely multiple release artifacts. > > Similar in some ways to what happened with [http], which is why I > > suggested the same approach to naming. > > > > Regarding picking a mathematician for the name, I don't much like > > that idea as whoever you choose, you end up loading some math area > > and / or cultural bias into the name. > > > > Phil > >> Umbrella projects aren't that popular these days, from what I > >> understand. > >> Maybe an homage to a famous mathematician? Apache Newton? Apache > >> Euler? > >> Apache Euclid? > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> We need to agree on a name. My own preference is for a boring, > >>> descriptive name, but I am manifestly not a marketing guy, so won't > >>> be offended if others want to be more creative. > >>> > >>> My suggestion is > >>> > >>> MathComponents > >>> > >>> Hearkens back to HttpComponents, which has worked pretty well. > >>> > >>> Phil > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > >
