Hi Jason, On Nov 15, 2006, at 10:55 PM, Jason van Zyl wrote:
On 15 Nov 06, at 8:34 PM 15 Nov 06, Craig L Russell wrote:Hate to quibble, but incubating is a gerund used as an adjective. ;-)I also think of alpha and beta as adjectives also, as in "the alpha version", alpha being an adjective modifying version.Bottom line, I like incubating, as it describes the release, as opposed to incubator which isn't very descriptive.Make up what you like, it's really only important that they all be done the same way.
I hate to be querulous, but why is it important that all be done the same way? "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" -- Emerson.
What makes this consistency an important, wise, or necessary one? Craig
Jason.Craig On Nov 15, 2006, at 5:22 PM, Stephen Duncan wrote:I think incubating here is being used in noun form as a gerund... ;) -Stephen On 11/15/06, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On 12 Nov 06, at 6:17 PM 12 Nov 06, Henri Yandell wrote: > incubating appears to be the more common - let's make incubating > our standard. >As a qualifier a noun should be used like alpha, beta, milestone. Noone generally uses verbs in a version like incubating. Also becauseit's just the version we're using you might want 1.0-SNAPSHOT- apache-incubator if you want to be entirely clear. Jason. > Hen > > On 11/12/06, Stephen Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Abdera uses incubating. >> >> -Stephen >> >> On 11/11/06, Daniel Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Saturday November 11 2006 3:51 pm, Wendy Smoak wrote:>> > > On 11/11/06, Martijn Dashorst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:>> > > > Or is it ok to do: >> > > > >> > > > <groupId>org.apache.wicket</groupid> >> > > > <artifactId>wicket-parent</artifactId> >> > > > <version>1.3-incubating-SNAPSHOT</version> >> > >>> > > From a Maven point of view, this one is preferable so that the>> groupId >> > > and artifactId will not have to change after graduation. >> > > >> > > It also meets the requirement (convention?) of having >> "incubating" in >> > > the artifact name. >> > >> > Next question: >> > >> > Should it be: >> > 1.3-incubating-SNAPSHOT >> > or: >> > 1.3-incubator-SNAPSHOT >> > >> > Basically, is it supposed to be what the project is doing >> (incubating) or >> > where the artifact came from (the incubator)? Noun or verb? >> > >> > CXF and Tuscany are currently using incubator. Yoko is using >> incubating. >> > >> > Does it matter? >> > >> > -- >> > J. Daniel Kulp >> > Principal Engineer >> > IONA >> > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- -- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general- [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: general- [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Stephen Duncan Jr >> www.stephenduncanjr.com >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- -->> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> For additional commands, e-mail: general- [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- --> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: general- [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >------------------------------------------------------------------- --To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]-- Stephen Duncan Jr www.stephenduncanjr.com-------------------------------------------------------------------- -To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Craig RussellArchitect, Sun Java Enterprise System http://java.sun.com/products/ jdo408 276-5638 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!--------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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