merlin terminology - s/appliance/assembly/

[Leo Simons <le...@apache.org>]

Hi Steve, others,

I took a look at the appliance stuff in merlin2. Might I suggest
dropping the term appliance (it makes me think of microwaves), and
replacing it with "assembly" (as in ".Net Assembly")? Seems in line with
the name of the module anyway....

terms matter :D

cheers,

- Leo




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Re: merlin terminology - s/appliance/assembly/

[Stephen McConnell <mc...@apache.org>]

Leo Simons wrote:

>Hi Steve, others,
>
>I took a look at the appliance stuff in merlin2. Might I suggest
>dropping the term appliance (it makes me think of microwaves), and
>replacing it with "assembly" (as in ".Net Assembly")? Seems in line with
>the name of the module anyway....
>

I'm open to alternative - but "assembly" does not get me too excited 
becuase the appliace abstraciton is a lot more than assembly - 
"assembly" is a stage in a lifecycle (the resolution of depedencies 
exposed by a component) ... any other suggestions?  

The thing that attract me to the word "appliance" is that an applicance 
is something that serves a particular purpose.  This is different from 
the notions of type, profile, service etc. which are descriptions of 
things.  You take an appliance - plug it in (connect up other appliances 
to it), turn-it-on (request a service), and it delivers results.

Cheers, Steve.

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>terms matter :D
>
>cheers,
>
>- Leo
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