[haiku-development] Re: Name the package manager "Software Valet"
- From: Dee Sharpe <demetrioussharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 06:53:57 -0500
Thanks. I actually liked the name Software Valet from the old days, but I won't
vote one way or the other, because both sides have very valid points. I'd just
like for everyone to understand potential reasons that the name was picked.
Coupled along with my restaurant analogy is the fact that my description more
aptly describes a French restaurant. Valet is a French word that loosely
translates as "servant". There's quite a few BeOS icons that display a server's
(or servant's) hand carrying an item that identifies with the program
represented by the icon. Additionally, Jean-Louis Gassée is French and I
wouldn't be surprised if the original creators of Software Valet we also. So
the choice of names & terms, associated with BeOS, shouldn't be surprising.
Apollo Demetrious Sharpe
On Jun 4, 2013, at 3:30 AM, "Chris Peel" <chrispeel.mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I do like Haiku Depot too - has a nice ring to it (like the semi
> tongue-in-cheek nature of BeOS of old) and, as you mention, it's a natural
> progression from BeDepot.
>
> Perhaps the icon could be a truck with apps loaded in it.
>
> And I loved the restaurant analogy - I'd never considered that before!
> —
> Sent from Mailbox for iPhone
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Marcus Jacob <rossi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> On 04.06.2013, at 08:05, "Chris Peel" <chrispeel.mail@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> > Raises an interesting debate about what Haiku is meant to be.
>> >
>> > If it's a homage to BeOS, just as AmigaOS 4 is to AmigaOS 3, then you
>> > should stick with Software Valet as the name.
>>
>> +1
>>
>> Afaik I thought Haiku R1 is more or less a reimplementation of BeOS R5.
>>
>> Otherwise other "defects" in the APIs could be fixed and binary compatible
>> could also be dropped.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rossi
>
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