[svn.haxx.se] · SVN Dev · SVN Users · SVN Org · TSVN Dev · TSVN Users · Subclipse Dev · Subclipse Users · this month's index

Re: SVNAdmin, a web based repository administration tool

From: <kfogel_at_collab.net>
Date: 2005-04-06 01:37:11 CEST

> >>> http://svnadmin.sourceforge.net
> >
> > Hm. You could have chosen a better name, rather than one this is the
> > same as one of the Subversion command line tools.
>
> I couldn't think of a better name, but well, don't you think it looks
> less similar when you write the four first letters capitalized?

Bravo for the tool, it looks really useful! The name is going to be a
source of confusion, though. If you doubt me, just watch this list
for a while and see how often people write "SubVersion" instead of
"Subversion" -- it happens all the time. People are not careful about
capitalization; this is a fact that cannot be wished away.

Some possibilities for a different name:

   SVNControlPanel
   SVNConsole
   SVNManager
   SubversionAdmin
   SVNAdministrate

Please consider switching? It would be a shame for every mention of
your tool to need to be followed by a warning that it's not related to
as the command-line 'svnadmin' program. That would only distract
people from more important things, like your tool's functionality.

Best,
-Karl

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@subversion.tigris.org
For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@subversion.tigris.org
Received on Wed Apr 6 19:57:25 2005

This is an archived mail posted to the Subversion Users mailing list.

This site is subject to the Apache Privacy Policy and the Apache Public Forum Archive Policy.