[Bitcoin-ml] Renaming list to bitcoin-ml

[Jeff Garzik]

Ticket opened at LF to rename list to bitcoin-ml.

Will keep everyone posted.



On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Emin Gün Sirer <el33th4x0r at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I'd very much urge everyone to rename the list. Anything that's not easily
> confused with NG is fine with me -- we spent a fair bit of effort on
> branding and proselytizing for Bitcoin-NG, and it's best to not create an
> overlap. The big-blocks effort is small and precarious, and we need to
> stick together.
>
> As for a concrete name suggestion, I'd suggest "btc-dev" It keeps the
> claim to the name Bitcoin.
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Jeff Garzik <jeff at bloq.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all.  The background of this list's naming:  The long-and-short of it
>> is that bitcoin-{1000 projects} didn't really fit, since LF isn't
>> officially a sponsor of bitcoin, so it was "a big ask."   What worked was
>> two focused lists, bitcoin-segwit2x for the working group, and
>> bitcoin-something for the "everyone else" group.
>>
>> bitcoin-ng seemed like a good pick to me - any blame falls on my
>> shoulders - and it is certainly fair that Emin raises the issue of brand
>> confusion with his Bitcoin-NG project (vs. brand enhancement/collaboration).
>>
>> Presumptuously presuming (is that a phrase?) that Emin and others would
>> prefer a list rename, it is best to handle a list rename sooner rather than
>> later.
>>
>> I'm largely agnostic to the name; "bitcoin-governance" seems like a
>> mouthful + too limiting in scope.  bitcoin-clients?
>>
>> Soliciting opinions on (a) rename yes/no - I recommend yes based on
>> assumption above, and (b) choosing a new list name with a minimum of
>> bike-shedding.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 6:35 AM, Tom Zander via bitcoin-ng <
>> bitcoin-ng at lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Saturday, 17 June 2017 00:41:23 CEST Fintech Capital via bitcoin-ng
>>> wrote:
>>> > Would it be possible to name Bitcoin-ng to simply "btc"? That would be
>>> > excellent and I'm sure /r/btc would provide a side-bar link for
>>> > awareness!
>>> >
>>> > Re:
>>> > https://www.reddit.com/r/btc/comments/6hmbpt/welcome_to_the_
>>> crossimplemen
>>> > tation_mailinglist/dj00vbm/
>>>
>>> copy-pasting my reddit reply;
>>> > el33th4xor wrote on reddit;
>>> > Tom,
>>> >
>>> > Bitcoin-NG is already the name of a protocol extension. Why would you
>>> actively seek out a name collision?
>>>
>>> The name was not my choice, I agree it is not the best. When I asked for
>>> this list all the way back in March, I suggested "Bitcoin-governance".
>>> Its
>>> been in the queue since then at the LF. As the name was decided during my
>>> holidays, I only heard about it afterwards. I don't know who actually
>>> suggested it. At that time I felt that after waiting for months, I didn't
>>> want to look a gift horse in the mouth.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry Gün that I didn't take the time to reach out to you when I
>>> first
>>> learned about this some days ago.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Tom Zander
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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jeff Garzik
>> CEO and Co Founder
>> Bloq, Inc.
>>
>>
>


-- 
Jeff Garzik
CEO and Co Founder
Bloq, Inc.
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