Re: [Xen-devel] xenbits "official" repo for XTF (was Re: [PATCH 0/2] xtf: add launcher (+1 bugfix)

[George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> However, OSSTest has always been known as OSSTest (including all
> references in the automated emails), and not as a xen test framework.
> Taking any steps to make OSSTest retroactively searchable as a xen test
> framework is a dumb move, which will only confuse users.
>
> I fully admit that had OSSTest been named differently then I might not
> have chosen XTF as a name, but that didn't happen.  Trying to rewrite
> history isn't the answer.

I'm glad we have a solution, but it seems that we still don't all
understand one another; in which case I'm afraid something like this
may come up again.

The objection has nothing to do with OSSTest.  It has to do with the
fact that 1) contains the word "Xen", and 2) seems to describe
something much more general than what it actually is.

If you'd called it "Andy's Test Framework", or even "Cooper's
Universal Testing Solution", I don't think anyone would have had any
strong objections, because although the names very general, they're
made much more specific by adding your name to the front.

By adding "Xen" to it, you associate it with the community, and thus
the community has a right to say whether they accept the name or not.
The fact that you used the name for 2 years *privately* doesn't give
you any right to suddenly come out and use the name publicly.  You can
use whatever name you want privately, of course, but once you start to
use it publicly, the community has a right to say whether they accept
that or not.

 -George

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