[oe] How to call the old repository: oe.dev or OE classic?

Denys Dmytriyenko denis at denix.org
Thu Sep 15 16:03:41 UTC 2011


On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:20:09AM +0100, Paul Eggleton wrote:
> On Thursday 15 September 2011 11:07:48 Paul Menzel wrote:
> > it is confusing for outsiders if oe.dev and OE classic are referring to
> > the same repository or not.
> 
> I can see how people could be confused, so yes we probably ought to have just 
> one name.
>  
> > So we need to make up an official name for the old repository. oe.dev or
> > OE classic? I favor oe.dev, because it is shorter
> 
> oe-dev/oe.dev being a shortened "org.openembedded.dev" is kind of a relic of 
> the old (was it bitkeeper or monotone?) days prior to git. The benefit of 
> "classic" is it draws attention to the fact that it's deprecated, whereas to 
> me, dev implies that's where development still occurs. So my personal vote is 
> for OE-classic.

Seems like "OE classic" is already becoming a de-facto standard among 
developers...

-- 
Denys




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