[forge-dev] Forge Plugin/Addon/Extension naming

[Koen Aers]

This would be similar to the Feature concept in Eclipse terminology.

Regards,
Koen

On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Paul Bakker <paul.bakker.nl at gmail.com>wrote:

> Plugin is only a problem because we're now talking about normal plugins and
> "uber" / ageration plugins. So what about calling plugins that aggregate
> other plugins (such as the proposed Seam3 plugin) PluginPack?
>
> Paul
>
>
> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Koen Aers <koen.aers at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In the Eclipse ecosystem such addons are called fragments.
>>
>> But then I don't know if we want to add to the overload of Eclipse
>> nomenclature... ;-)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Koen
>>
>>
>> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 7:34 PM, Jason Porter <lightguard.jp at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> I like extension, because it's extending what's there, but naming
>>> conflicts arise with both Addon and Extension :( ExtensionPack maybe
>>> or similar?
>>>
>>> On Thursday, May 26, 2011, Lincoln Baxter, III <lincolnbaxter at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > " Keep the Seam plugins small and
>>> > isolated, yet have a single plugin that is used"
>>> >
>>> > I think we need a new name for "Plugin"... we might have to use "Addon"
>>> > or "Extension" to refer to the bundle that may or may not contain an
>>> > actual org.jboss.forge.plugins.Plugin
>>> >
>>> > Thoughts?
>>> > ~Lincoln
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