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

Fri Feb 11 17:40:05 CET 2011

Op donderdag 10 februari 2011 23:58:12 schreef Samuel Verschelde:
+> 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
+
+imo, we can probably use $name and config it, so forks can just reconfigure.
+
+also, why not Mageia Kitchen or AppKitchen ?
+