Re: [xtext-dev] Re: TMF Xtext: naming

[Jan Köhnlein <jan.koehnlein@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

hmmm, but when oAW goes Eclipse, trouble will reappear. Also, oAW  
Xtext is strongly integrated with eclipse, so from a newbie's  
perspective "Eclipse Xtext" will not be much help to distinguish the  
two.

Jan

Am 23.04.2009 um 20:44 schrieb Bernd Kolb:

> +1 from my side
>
> Bernd
>
>
>
> Am 23.04.2009 um 15:18 schrieb Peter Friese <friese@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > in case you are wondering why Ed responds to a mail you didn't get:  
> > I sent the original mail with my "friese@xxxxxxxxx" account.  
> > However, I had been subscribed to xtext-dev with "peter.friese@xxxxxxxxx 
> > ", so my mail got rejected by the list server. Sorry for any  
> > confusion this might have caused.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ed Merks" <Ed.Merks@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Peter Friese" <friese@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: xtext-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Wolfgang Neuhaus" <neuhaus@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Donnerstag, 23. April 2009 14.55 Uhr (GMT+0100) Europe/Berlin
> > Subject: Re: TMF Xtext: naming
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > I agree that TMF is not meaningful.   Things like GMF and EMF are  
> > fine
> > because people become familiar with the fact that they are directly  
> > used
> > to denote a deliverable whereas things like MDT and TMF are really  
> > just
> > groupings of related meaningful things.  Clearly Eclipse Textual
> > Modeling Framework Xtext would be too big a mouthful  to swallow,  
> > so I
> > think your suggestion is a good one.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ed
> >
> >
> > Peter Friese wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > today it occurred to me that "TMF Xtext" might be a rather cryptic  
> > > name for the new Xtext release. Of course, this is the project  
> > > name, so it is fair to use this name when talking about it.  
> > > However, end-users might be more comfortable with the name  
> > > "Eclipse Xtext".
> > >
> > > So I'd suggest to use the term "Eclipse Xtext" when talking about  
> > > the new version of Xtext in public while at the same time  
> > > continuing to use the term "oAW Xtext" when talking about the old  
> > > version of Xtext, available with oAW up to version 4.3.1.
> > >
> > > Opinions?
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Peter
> >
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