Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-27 Thread Anthony Chilco
I ran this by a couple of the engineers here at work. The conclusion we came to is that all the words that correctly describe the group have be used already in software terminology. The best suggestions were to use 'accessories' or to make up a new word. A manufactured word will be the same in

Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-27 Thread Ian Laurenson
For reasons outlined by Jürgen: +1 Extensions For the extensions wiki I used ext.openoffice.org.nz. I don't think it would be much of an issue to have extension and extensions.openoffice.org mapping to the same location. Thanks, Ian

Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-27 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hi Laurent, Laurent Godard wrote: Hi Mathias My concern about addons is that this term is already used for a very special though important kind of "extension". But there are other potential extensions of OOo that e.g. can be deployed as a package and that are not (technically spoken) addons.

Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-27 Thread Laurent Godard
Hi Mathias My concern about addons is that this term is already used for a very special though important kind of "extension". But there are other potential extensions of OOo that e.g. can be deployed as a package and that are not (technically spoken) addons. but addons could become a generic

Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-27 Thread Mathias Bauer
Pavel Janík wrote: >From: Laurent Godard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:14:36 +0200 > > Hi, > >> - addon.openoffice.org (already 1 vote) > > I'd prefer addons... My concern about addons is that this term is already used for a very special though important kind of "ex

[api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-26 Thread Pavel Janík
From: Laurent Godard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 16:14:36 +0200 Hi, > - addon.openoffice.org (already 1 vote) I'd prefer addons... -- Pavel Janík In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they are different. -- Larry McVoy -

Re: [api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-26 Thread Mathias Bauer
Joerg Barfurth wrote: > Hi, > > Laurent Godard wrote: > >> - extensions.openoffice.org (already 3 votes) > > -1, > > We already have a cvs module named 'extensions' in the 'util' project. > > This situation (a module in one project is named like another project) > is prone to cause confusion.

[api-dev] Re: [dev] new incubator : Call for Name

2005-10-26 Thread Joerg Barfurth
Hi, Laurent Godard wrote: - extensions.openoffice.org (already 3 votes) -1, We already have a cvs module named 'extensions' in the 'util' project. This situation (a module in one project is named like another project) is prone to cause confusion. Unfortunately we already have at least one