[Compcomm] Deciding a name

[DarkMaster]

>

I can live with Compiz Extra or whatever with compiz in the name,  
personally, I don't dislike compiz because it was a Beryl antagonist  
or something (Are you joking? Children should stay at home and avoid  
participating to this discussion. Only a child would dislike compiz  
"Just because of the old war....").
As I said in the Forum, I personally don't like the name Compiz at  
all because it is refered to the fact that it is a compositor  
manager. A working compositor manager already existed even under XP  
to handle transparencyes. So I don't think it would be nice to focus  
on the fact that it is a compositor manager, it is not that much a  
revolution, it is only shameful that Linux didn't have a decent one  
before compiz came (Except for xcompmgr). The fact that makes compiz  
so special are the effects, all the things that make the desktop look  
futuristic, much more usable and eyecandyed. Read cube, wobble (eye  
candy side only), exposè etc.
That's one reason why I don't like compiz. The other one is that a  
common user doesn't absolutely care about what a compositor manager  
is and why it should nexist. They don't know about the transparency  
issue. They only care about the fact that compiz or beryl or whatever  
gives them a gorgeous desktop.
I really think that the name shouldn't be related to something  
tecnical for those reasons. that's all. Look at OSX or Vista. Aqua  
and Aero. Look at KDE4's desktop. Plasma. That's all. None of them  
mentioned in the name the compositor function of they're compositor  
manager. I'm not saying let's copy from the others but I'm saying  
that this should give you a hint about what users whants.

Luca D.M.


> I think this widely spread antipathy against the compiz-name is still
> related to the misinformation that compcomm will be a new application
> which replaces beryl and thus compiz will not be needed anymore.
> Everyone (especially the former beryl officials) should continue
> informing the users that "compcomm" is no application but an extension
> to compiz. I am not sure if everyone out there knows that.
>
> Rico
>
>>
>> On 6/11/07, Jeffrey Laramie <imnotpc at ubaight.com> wrote:
>>>> In theory this process could take up to 2 weeks, but we
>>         don't have a
>>>> deadline here and I think it's important that we get this
>>         right. Choosing
>>>> a name should be a unifying event, not a divisive one.
>>>>
>>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> I agree with the idea of a nominating commitee, but I think
>>         it is the
>>> wrong priority to spend 3 days with finding good names and
>>         11 days with
>>> holding the poll(s). It is important to get this right - as
>>         you say. So
>>> we should put the priority on the creation of good name
>>         proposals, not
>>> on ongoing bureaucracy. The "dozens" of available name
>>         suggestions are
>>> more or less entirely inacceptable.
>>>
>>> We are not in a hurry so we can safely spend at least two
>>         weeks with
>>> finding good names (which is still ridiculously short
>>         compared to
>>> "real-life" projects). Once there is a minimum list of 5-10
>>         _acceptable_
>>> names we should start the poll - no deadline, no hurry.
>>
>>         I'm not against a longer time period to nominate names if the
>>         consensus is
>>         that we need more time, but I am against an open ended
>>         selection process. I
>>         think one lesson we learned from the logo contest we held,  
>> was
>>         that when you
>>         have a long process eventually people start to lose interest,
>>         become
>>         impatient, or both. We saw people lose interest during the
>>         logo contest, and
>>         I think the recent name poll was rushed because people became
>>         impatient. We
>>         need to have pre-determined selection process and time frame
>>         to avoid these
>>         issues.
>>
>>         Another thing that should be considered is when our next
>>         release will be
>>         ready. I've heard bits and pieces on this, but I don't have a
>>         good answer. We
>>         need to be sure that we have a name selected before then  
>> so we
>>         don't hold up
>>         the release. Maybe some of the other devs can enlighten me on
>>         the release
>>         timeframe.
>>
>>         Jeff
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