Re: About name change

2010-09-02 Thread Karl Wright
...@gmail.com To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 31, 2010 6:49:37 PM Subject: Re: About name change Huh. My vote post didn't make it either. The connectors-dev list must be holding my posts for moderation or something. So I'll post it in-thread as well, and hope

Re: About name change

2010-08-31 Thread Grant Ingersoll
Apache Manifold is growing on me. And/or Apache Manifold CF or Apache Manifold Conn. Framework. Has a nice short name, easy to pronounce, doesn't require funky acronyms and from Webster's: Machinery . a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas is distributed or gathered.

Re: About name change

2010-08-31 Thread Karl Wright
I, too like it. There's a problem though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_System Other similar possibilities include Multiplex, or maybe we get somewhere by using ManifoldCF? Or maybe Apache Manifold is different enough from Manifold System to be distinguishable? FWIW, Multiplex is also

Re: About name change -- Macon

2010-08-31 Thread Jack Krupansky
: About name change Apache Manifold is growing on me. And/or Apache Manifold CF or Apache Manifold Conn. Framework. Has a nice short name, easy to pronounce, doesn't require funky acronyms and from Webster's: Machinery . a chamber having several outlets through which a liquid or gas

Re: About name change -- Macon

2010-08-31 Thread Karl Wright
Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:46 AM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change Apache Manifold is growing on me. And/or Apache Manifold CF or Apache Manifold Conn. Framework. Has a nice short name, easy to pronounce, doesn't require funky acronyms and from

Re: About name change -- Acromantula

2010-08-31 Thread Jack Krupansky
! Or, might J. K. Rowling sue us for stealing her work? -- Jack Krupansky -- From: Karl Wright daddy...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 8:01 AM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change -- Macon I don't find

Re: About name change -- Lucon, Lukon

2010-08-31 Thread Karl Wright
, August 31, 2010 10:25 AM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change -- Acromantula Maybe we should just ask Doug Cutting's kid to come up with a name ;-) FWIW, we should also think about names that are findable. Omni is likely to be buried in any search engine

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Karl Wright
Subject: Re: About name change On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org wrote: On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote: Is it clear that ACF is dead? The concern raised was that it implied something that connected lots of stuff together, and that's

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Karl Wright
snip - Consider using functional names, especially for products of existing projects, e.g. for an Apache Foo project, the product name Apache Foo Pipelines. -snip Granted, Lucene Connectors Framework fills this to a T, but this would imply that functional names are OK for top-level projects too.

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Jack Krupansky
, August 30, 2010 12:50 PM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change So, there were some other suggestions on the Incubator list. What do people think of the Open Connector Framework? OCF? (Granted, it is silly to me given it will be the Apache Open Conn. Framework

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Jack Krupansky
. descriptive issue is resolved. -- Jack Krupansky -- From: Karl Wright daddy...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 3:20 PM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change I think we should vote directly. Perhaps we can save

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Karl Wright
-- From: Karl Wright daddy...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 3:20 PM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change I think we should vote directly. Perhaps we can save time by supplying our top three choices, in order. Karl On Mon, Aug 30

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Mark Miller
On 8/30/10 1:37 PM, Karl Wright wrote: snip - Consider using functional names, especially for products of existing projects, e.g. for an Apache Foo project, the product name Apache Foo Pipelines. -snip Granted, Lucene Connectors Framework fills this to a T, but this would imply that

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Karl Wright
TrafficServer? OpenWebBeans? XMLBeans? There are actually a *lot* of names that are multiple words. They're just mashed together. ;-) Karl On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Mark Miller markrmil...@gmail.com wrote: On 8/30/10 1:37 PM, Karl Wright wrote: snip - Consider using functional

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Karl Wright
I'm not going to go head-to-head with you trying to split hairs. ;-) Can we agree that something like ContentCF is a possibility under your guidelines? (I'm not proposing that, I'm just trying to open the field up a bit.) Karl On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Mark Miller markrmil...@gmail.com

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Jack Krupansky
...@gmail.com Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 4:50 PM To: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change TrafficServer? OpenWebBeans? XMLBeans? There are actually a *lot* of names that are multiple words. They're just mashed together. ;-) Karl On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:44 PM

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Matt Weber
Why not just stick with Apache Connector Framework? After all, that is exactly what this is... a connector framework. It has a short and simple acronym, ACF, and best of all requires no additional effort, no refactoring, no website updates, etc! Just my $0.02, not that it really matters --

Re: About name change

2010-08-30 Thread Mark Miller
On 8/30/10 5:20 PM, Karl Wright wrote: I'm not going to go head-to-head with you trying to split hairs. ;-) Can we agree that something like ContentCF is a possibility under your guidelines? (I'm not proposing that, I'm just trying to open the field up a bit.) Karl From my end, most of

Re: About name change

2010-08-27 Thread Grant Ingersoll
, 2010 7:50 AM To: Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org Cc: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org wrote: On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote: Is it clear that ACF is dead

Re: About name change

2010-08-26 Thread Grant Ingersoll
On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote: Is it clear that ACF is dead? The concern raised was that it implied something that connected lots of stuff together, and that's not what it was. But I think that that IS what it is, so the poster knew little or nothing about the project, and

Re: About name change

2010-08-26 Thread Simon Willnauer
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org wrote: On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote: Is it clear that ACF is dead?  The concern raised was that it implied something that connected lots of stuff together, and that's not what it was.  But I think that

Re: About name change

2010-08-26 Thread Jack Krupansky
...@googlemail.com Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 7:50 AM To: Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org Cc: connectors-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: About name change On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Grant Ingersoll gsing...@apache.org wrote: On Aug 26, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Karl Wright wrote