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

[Curtis Blackburn]

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I would say use b10-init, and if there is enough demand, symlink
b10-named to it. BIND10 is different, so b10-init is different. as it
should be, no?

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Curtis Blackburn
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On Mon Jan 28 16:23:09 2013, Shane Kerr wrote:
> 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,
>
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> Shane
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