On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 19:49, Jamie G. <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree, this sounds like a win-win for all involved (as per James / > Guillaume's post). > > As a name submission I'd like Carafe (pronounced "karaf"). A carafe is > a small container used for serving wine and other drinks > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carafe). In similarity to the name the > Kernel allows applications to be more easily handled, and improves > their characteristics (much like a bottle of wine left to breath in a > decanter) :)
What about Karaf to lower the google hit counts and still preserve the nice semantic ... ... and eventually fill the "K" hole of the Apache TLP names list (in case it ever becomes a TLP later). > > Jamie > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:46 PM, James Strachan > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Agreed. If this does happen - we'll need a cool name (which doesn't >> have ServiceMix in the title :). >> >> Anyone any suggestions? Naming is super hard! >> >> 2009/3/30 Chris Custine <[email protected]>: >>> I think this would be a great move, and like Guillaume said, would increase >>> the visibility substantially. I think a few Apache projects have started >>> tracking ServiceMix Kernel and might be using it as the basis for their OSGi >>> based projects. However, when most people see the ServiceMix moniker, they >>> don't realize that it is really a generic OSGi base application. >>> >>> So I am +1 on this idea. >>> >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> Chris Custine >>> FUSESource :: http://fusesource.com >>> My Blog :: http://blog.organicelement.com >>> Apache ServiceMix :: http://servicemix.apache.org >>> Apache Directory Server :: http://directory.apache.org >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Guillaume Nodet <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> During ApacheCon last week, there has been some discussions around >>>> moving ServiceMix Kernel as a subproject of Felix. >>>> ServiceMix Kernel is a packaged distribution of Felix designed for >>>> server side applications (see http://servicemix.apache.org/kernel/ for >>>> more informations). >>>> >>>> I think this would be beneficial for this project as it would enable >>>> to build a much bigger community around it, increase the visibility >>>> and the awareness around it. Of course, it would need a new name, but >>>> that's another problem. >>>> Another area that could be included in this move is the ServiceMix >>>> specs (OSGi enhanced versions of Java EE specifications from Geronimo) >>>> and ServiceMix bundles (we've released a bunch of bundles already, see >>>> http://servicemix.apache.org/smx4/bundles-repository.html). >>>> >>>> I'd like to have feedback from both communities (and any other >>>> interested parties) to gauge the interest in such a move. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> Guillaume Nodet >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ >>>> ------------------------ >>>> Open Source SOA >>>> http://fusesource.com >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> James >> ------- >> http://macstrac.blogspot.com/ >> >> Open Source Integration >> http://fusesource.com/ >> > -- Cheers, Guillaume Nodet ------------------------ Blog: http://gnodet.blogspot.com/ ------------------------ Open Source SOA http://fusesource.com
