On 18 February 2015 at 14:31, Richard Li <rich...@datawire.io> wrote: >> >> Next up is the name. The new client has thus far been called simply >> 'Qpid JMS', with module names qpid-jms-foo, and binary tar >> apache-qpid-jms[-bin]. We already release two other JMS clients, the >> original AMQP 0-x one, module named qpid-client, and the older AMQP >> 1.0 one, module named qpid-amqp-1-0-jms-client. Although the new >> clients name describes what it is, and the version numbers will differ >> from the previous clients, do people think this is enough difference? >> I think it is still going to be confusing for people no matter what we >> do here, but should we perhaps give the new client a component name to >> allow them more easily distinguished, i.e a name of the style Qpid Foo >> or Qpid FooJMS? If so, any ideas (failing spectacularly over here)? >> > > Speaking as someone who is very new to Qpid (and knows nothing about the > differences between the different JMS clients), I think it's essential that > at the top level (i.e., qpid.apache.org) there is a cogent description of > the different JMS clients, e.g., > > Qpid JMS: an AMQP-fluent JMS implementation that supports AMQP 0.9, > 0.9.1, and 1.0 > - NEWCLIENT_NAME: AMQP 1.0 JMS client, recommended for new projects, > - qpid-amqp-1-0-jms-client: AMQP 1.0 JMS client that's legacy? stable? > - qpid-client: AMQP 0.9 JMS client > > In particular, explaining when you should use the new 1.0 client vs the old > one is important -- otherwise, someone like myself will either have to post > to the mailing list, or read a bunch of threads to try to figure out which > one to use. In my opinion, the name, while important, won't convey > sufficient information to make it obvious which a user should choose, and > to me, that should be a goal of the front page of qpid.apache.org. > > Hope this helps. > > Richard
Making whatever we end up doing be clear on the website is certainly a goal :) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@qpid.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@qpid.apache.org
