[geeklog-devel] Time to rebrand 2.x

[Damien Hodgkin]

On Thursday 12 June 2008 12:47:35 pm Tony Bibbs wrote:
> Yep, as long as we don't call it "apt" and market the launch with
> "apt-get".
>
> --Tony
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Jerry Rocteur <macosx at rocteur.cc>
> To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 11:41:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Time to rebrand 2.x
>
> * Tony Bibbs <tony at tonybibbs.com> [2008-06-12 18:38]:
> > Following the discussion on the challenges with the Geeklog "brand" from
> > a few weeks ago it was pretty much decided not to do anything with 1.x
> > and if we were going to rename things do it for 2.x.  To prevent a bunch
> > of back-and-forth on it some of us GL2 devs have been tossing around
> > ideas on a name and landed on Aptitude.  Surely any name we'd come up
> > with be liked by some, hated by others.  As we prepare for this alpha we
> > are going to go through the process of rebranding everything to use that
> > name.  This has zero impact on 1.x but quite a bit on 2.x (domains,
> > URL's, class name changes, etc).
> >
> > When we do release the alpha we'll want to dig into gl.net and make
> > changes accordingly (I'm fine owning this).  I just wanted to float this
> > out to give you all plenty of time to chew on it and submit any
> > grievances.
> >
> > To that end the trac site and wiki for it has already been setup at:
> >
> > http://www.apteno.net/aptitude/trac
> >
> > --Tony
>
> Hi,
>
> Are you sure you want to call it something that is already well known to
> Linux people ?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptitude_(program)

I myself feel the rebranding of 2.x has been long overdue. And it will open up 
all new possibilities for it.

The fact that 2.x shares absolutely no code with GL1.x makes the rebranding 
much easier. And also allows for GL1.x to progress toward it's *own* 2.x 
release. 

-- 
Best Regards,
Damien
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