KDE Applications rename to KDE Apps Bundle

Nate Graham nate at kde.org
Fri May 17 14:42:38 BST 2019



On 5/15/19 9:51 AM, Luigi Toscano wrote:
> Nate Graham ha scritto:
>> On 5/11/19 4:44 AM, Elvis Angelaccio wrote:
>>> While I find "Apps Bundle" better than "Applications", it still wouldn't
>>> be a perfect fit. We should find a better name, ideally as catchy as
>>> "Plasma" is, but I don't know if we can.
>>>
>>> How about going back to "KDE Software Compilation YY.MM" instead?
>>
>> That seems even worse because it becomes unclear why Plasma and Frameworks
>> aren't included in it.
>>
>> Names have meaning; they're not just for catchy marketing purposes. The
>> fundamental problem is that we're trying to name something we haven't actually
>> defined: What *is* the apps bundle? Why does it exist? What's the logic for
>> its contents?
> 
> Names are also names for name's sake. See Firefox, Dolphin, Opera.
> Of course Software Compilation does not work as well.

Hmm, that's a good point.

Nate



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