[Mageia-discuss] A name for mageia-app-db

Fri Feb 11 09:37:53 CET 2011

Hey guys :)
+
+How about "App Cauldron" or "App Cube" (referring to cubing in SQL BIDS
+apps)
+
+Best regards,
+Bogo
+Romanian Translation Team
+
+On 11 February 2011 00:58, Samuel Verschelde <stormi at laposte.net> wrote:
+
+> As Marcello pointed out, mageia-app-db is not the best name we can find for
+> our
+> application database.
+>
+> So let's try to find one :)
+>
+> Some constraints :
+> - preferably a name without "Mageia" in it. Why ? Because this tool could
+> be
+> used for various distributions. Of course, the Mageia instance will have
+> Mageia's logo and name on it (and we are creating it as a part of the
+> Mageia
+> project), but if someday another distribution wants to use it, it will feel
+> weird to have Mageia in the application name. In fact, I already plan to
+> run
+> instances of the application for opensuse, fedora and mandriva (no, nobody
+> asked me to do it, but it will be easy to do, and this will help me keep in
+> mind that the application must not entirely depend on distribution specific
+> stuff, or only via modules/plugins).
+> - a name with a meaning carrying at least some part of the goals of the
+> application, but without forgetting that it's still an application (and
+> packages) database.
+>
+> Some people have already proposed :
+>
+> Mageia Find Out
+> Mageia Application Database/Discovery/Foundry
+> Mageia Application Warehouse/Mall/Store/Shop
+> Mageia - Explore Applications
+> Mageia - World of Applications
+>
+> But other suggestions are still welcome.
+>
+> Best regards
+>
+> Samuel Verschelde
+>
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