[geeklog-devel] Time to rebrand 2.x

[Tony Bibbs]

Yeah, the name thing would be akin to UI/CSS design discussions we've all been in where we can't make everybody happy because one person wants padding-left to be 3px and someone else prefers 8px.  That said the people working with it everyday agreed it was a good name.  In the end you can find something wrong with every name you come up with...nothing is original. Google reminds me of that everyday.

--Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: "@ Rocteur CC" <macosx at rocteur.cc>
To: Geeklog Development <geeklog-devel at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 3:10:57 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devel] Time to rebrand 2.x


On 12 Jun 2008, at 21:12, Damien Hodgkin wrote:

> 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.
>

I agree, I just don't agree that aptitude is a good name and I think  
Tony's answer is as funny as he is!

Cheers,

Jerry