[bind10-dev] bikeshed alert: bind10 or boss or bob

[Shane Kerr]

JINMEI,

On Monday, 2013-01-28 08:15:15 -0800, 
JINMEI Tatuya / 神明達哉 <jinmei at isc.org> wrote:
> For http://bind10.isc.org/ticket/1901 we first need to have consensus
> on the naming.  My opinion is:
> 
> - "bob" isn't a good name.  IMO it's better to avoid acronyms because
>   they are often ambiguous or unclear.  in this particular case, it's
>   not particularly concise either, compared to, e.g. "bind10" or
>   "boss".
> - as Shane commented in the ticket, just "bind10" is probably
>   confusing and not really good.
> 
> So, by elimination, I'd vote for "boss", but I personally think it
> sounds a bit informal.  I know we rejected "master" because it can be
> regarded as a DNS primary server, and I tend to agree.  I'm also not
> sure if there's possibility of choosing other names, but alternatives
> I can think of are: core, main, root, init.
> 
> In any case I'd also suggest adding the common b10- prefix to the
> name.  It will be more consistent, help clarify it's related to BIND
> 10, and reduce the risk of conflicts with others.

If we want to use the b10- prefix then I kind of like b10-init,
although perhaps b10-named makes sense for historical reasons?

Cheers,

--
Shane