[POLL] Upstream/Downstream vs. Inbound/Outbound

Cuper Hector fcinter at gmail.com
Mon May 3 08:24:34 EDT 2010


+1 for renaming, inbound is better

On Monday, May 3, 2010, "Trustin Lee (이희승)" <trustin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> Some users reported that the upstream/downstream terminology is
> confusing and hard to remember and inbound/outbound is much better.
>
> I agree with them that inbound/outbound fits better, but renaming types
> and methods involves backward compatibility issues.  It means the
> current types and methods whose names contain 'Upstream' or 'Downstream'
> will be deprecated and then be removed in the next couple releases.
>
> Because it's you who are impacted by the renaming, I'd like to know if
> you find the current terminology confusing and would accept the API
> changes when the changes are made.
>
> Thanks for your feed back in advance,
> Trustin
>
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