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Posted to dev@subversion.apache.org by "Brian W. Fitzpatrick" <fi...@collab.net> on 2005/02/24 18:20:51 UTC
Re: Subversion Branding / "whole product" (Was: Re: SmartSVN - a
new Subversion client)
On Thu, 2005-02-24 at 09:55 -0500, Steve Dwire wrote:
> And, (again), I recall that even "SVK" was once called
> "SubversionKeeper", and there was a reason list members persuaded the
> author to remove the "Subversion" from the name.
That wasn't due to "Subversion" in the name--it was due to the "keeper"
part. We didn't see any reason to deliberately mimic the name of
BitKeeper, and advised clkao accordingly.
> At this point I'm at a loss to understand the logic of supporting "SVN"
> in some projects, complaining about it in others, and (almost)
> arm-twisting the removal of the Subversion name from others... I
> suppose we can chalk it up to the dynamic nature of dev@ list
> participation, but it seems to me that the start of any "whole product"
> understanding would depend on having some sort of consistent philosophy
> on Subversion/SVN branding expectations.
I suspect the difference is that most of the "*svn*" projects to date
have been open source add-ons to Subversion. SmartSVN seems to be 1)
commercial software and 2) a complete Subversion client.
-Fitz
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Re: Subversion Branding / "whole product" (Was: Re: SmartSVN - a new
Subversion client)
Posted by Justin Erenkrantz <ju...@erenkrantz.com>.
--On Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:27 PM -0600 Ben Collins-Sussman
<su...@collab.net> wrote:
> I think the critical bit is that it shares zero code with "core" Subversion.
> Every other piece of software in the Subversion ecosystem is sharing the
> same core library code, all using the same APIs. This is the first time a
> product is using the term 'SVN' to mean, "interoperates with Subversion",
> rather than "built on Subversion's codebase."
Yes, my thoughts exactly. Hence, they shouldn't use our name. -- justin
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Re: Subversion Branding / "whole product" (Was: Re: SmartSVN - a new Subversion client)
Posted by Ben Collins-Sussman <su...@collab.net>.
On Feb 24, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> I suspect the difference is that most of the "*svn*" projects to date
> have been open source add-ons to Subversion. SmartSVN seems to be 1)
> commercial software and 2) a complete Subversion client.
>
I think the critical bit is that it shares zero code with "core"
Subversion. Every other piece of software in the Subversion ecosystem
is sharing the same core library code, all using the same APIs. This
is the first time a product is using the term 'SVN' to mean,
"interoperates with Subversion", rather than "built on Subversion's
codebase."
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