[jboss-as7-dev] Renaming some Stuff

Dimitris Andreadis dandread at redhat.com
Tue Nov 23 02:58:44 EST 2010


Didn't (former) Server Manager & Process Manager merge into one? Or we are still referring 
to both?

+1 for the new names.

David M. Lloyd wrote:
> Let's kick off the mailing list with a debate!
> 
> At our meeting in Antwerp, while explaining the domain architecture to 
> people one point that kept coming up was the name "server manager", 
> which was confusing for a few people.
> 
> We chatted about it for a while and the conclusion was that we should 
> rename some pieces to become more consistent.  The most-approved rename 
> idea went like this:
> 
> Domain Controller  ->  Domain Controller (no change)
> Server Manager     ->  Host Controller
> Process Manager    ->  Process Controller
> Server             ->  Server (no change)
> 
> The two main points are:
> 
> 1. Use either "Controller" or "Manager", not both.  Be consistent.
> 
> 2. Server Manager sounds like it manages one Server when actually it 
> manages all servers on a host.  And, it reads "host.xml", not "server.xml".
> 
> Now that we've got Alpha1 out there, we presumably have a full 
> understanding of the problem.  So, now's the (only) time to make this 
> kind of change before it's set in stone... forever.
> 
> So, this is the point where Brian kills me.  :-)
> 



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