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

[Bernd Kolb <b.kolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

+1 from my side

Bernd



Am 23.04.2009 um 15:18 schrieb Peter Friese <friese@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
>
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> 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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