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

Koen Aers koen.aers at gmail.com
Fri May 27 02:31:35 EDT 2011


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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