Let's discuss the name for the KDevelop Platform (was The name of this project is KDevelop)

[Jakob Petsovits]

On Sunday, 21. January 2007 18:37, Alexander Dymo wrote:
> Ok, there're several propositions so far:
> 1) what we have now
> namespace: Koncrete
> module in trunk/KDE: koncrete
>
> 2) Jakob's
> namespace: KDevPlatform
> module in trunk/KDE: ? (most likely kdevplatform, right?)

right.

> 3) Roberto's
> namespace: none, just KDev prefix
> module in trunk: ?
>
> Other ideas were:
> kdevbase and kdevelopbase.

For those who don't read the plain kdevelop list, we've got another name 
proposal there:
"Origin"
I find it quite cool, although I'm not sure if it's better than keeping 
("going back to") KDevPlatform.

As lists.kde.org currently seems to be down which means I can't find the link, 
here's the original message.


----------  Forwarded Message  ----------

Subject: kdevelop sdk name
Date: Monday, 29. January 2007 14:55
From: Andrew Sutton <asutton at cs.kent.edu>
To: kdevelop at kdevelop.org

greetings,

i don't generally contribute much to kde, but for some reason, i'm
subscribed to a bunch of kde mailing lists - i guess it's some kind
of weird techno-voyeurism.

anyways, i read about the project name issue on the weekly commit
digest, and had a suggestion. in the (somewhat new) tradition of
naming api's with names that appear to be tangentially related or
descriptive of the project - at least without thinking about them,
i'd propose the name "origin". there are a couple of reasons:

first "origin" is a synonym for "source" - which as developers, we
should all be familiar with :)

second, all kde development originates from source code (duh).
describing an api as "origin" has very specific connotations -
specifically, that it provides facilities for everybody developing
for kde - in one fashion or another.

third, it's short, sweet, and to the point. i mean, it's only 6
letters - so is "plasma".

hopefully, i'm not johnny-come-lately or beating a dead horse with
the suggestion, but i liked it. i hope you guys do to.

andrew sutton
asutton at cs.kent.edu