[mod_cluster-dev] Proposal for new project name

Paul Ferraro paul.ferraro at redhat.com
Thu Mar 9 11:58:45 EST 2017


In an effort to revitalize this thread, I have a new idea for a project name:

Charybdis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charybdis

TESS search indicates only 1 registration which expired in 2006.
I think the name is perfect.  charybdis.io/org are all available.

Thoughts?

Paul

On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 9:00 AM, Karm Michal Babacek
<karm at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> I kinda like the FloodTide name.
>
> I'm willing to lend a hand with httpd modules (native part) and
> porting docs, based off http://modcluster.io setup, content and tutorials.
> I'm also the maintainer of mod_cluster in Fedora, the package that would
> be affected.
>
> Disclaimer:
>  I'm bound to say that my effort is a community, voluntary one,
>  unrelated to my current work assignments at Red Hat.
>
>
> Lemme start throwing questions:
>
>  * How do we refer to Undertow mod_cluster proxy implementation?
>    Undertow FloodTide proxy? (indeed, any other name)
>
>  * Are we going to get in touch with George Fleury who did mod_cluster for Nginx?
>    Shouldn't we find engineering resources to build on current Nginx work (LGPL),
>    rename it, update it, test it?
>
>  * Could we seize the opportunity renaming brings and dedicate
>    more Red Hat resources to the "reborn" project? The TO DO list is endless.
>
>
> Cheers
> -K-
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Paul Ferraro" <paul.ferraro at redhat.com>
>> To: "mod cluster" <mod_cluster-dev at lists.jboss.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2016 4:13:46 AM
>> Subject: [mod_cluster-dev] Proposal for new project name
>>
>> Since the advent of Stuart's Undertow-based mod_cluster
>> implementation, we've discussed the need to rename the "mod_cluster"
>> project to better differentiate the general technology/protocol from
>> its origin as an Apache httpd module.  Trivial stuff like this never
>> feels urgent, but given that we've started a 2.x branch of the source
>> code, if we're ever going to change the name, we should do it soon.
>> This email is meant to formally start this discussion.
>>
>> Personally, I would love to see the a new name loosely associated with
>> the word Undertow, ideally with a similar irony (i.e. undertow is
>> generally considered dangerous).
>>
>> Here are some ideas for names, in the spirit of ocean/water-related
>> phenomena:
>> * OverDrive (a literal antonym of Under+Tow)
>> * Overwash (the flow of water and sediment over a coastal dune or
>> beach crest during storm events)
>> * Backrush (the return of water seaward, down the foreshore of a
>> beach, following the uprush of a wave, i.e. the cause of an undertow)
>> * Uprush (a sudden upward surge or flow)
>> * FloodTide (Period when tide level is rising)
>> * TidalBore (a large wave caused by the funneling of a flood tide as
>> it enters a long, narrow, shallow inlet)
>> * TidalJet (fast-moving intrusion of water issuing from a narrow gap
>> through a physical barrier between two bodies of water)
>> * Upwell (to flow upward)
>> * RogueWave (exactly what it sounds like)
>> * Maelstrom (a powerful whirlpool in a sea or river)
>> * Levada (a portuguese aqueduct)
>> * Deluge (downpour of rain causing a flood)
>> * Diluviant (one who pertains to a flood)
>> * Gilgamesh/Bilgamesh (from the Epic of Gilgamesh, an ancient Sumerian
>> story describing one of the oldest great flood mythologies)
>>
>> Of the above, my personal favorites are "Diluviant" and "Maelstrom".
>> Thoughts?  Any other ideas?
>>
>> Paul
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