[development] Getting both better internal and external APIs intoDrupal 7

[Khalid Baheyeldin]

On Jan 2, 2008 11:06 PM, David Metzler <metzlerd at metzlerd.com> wrote:

> For the record,  yeah I knew that's what distros meant, and it was that
> suggestion that got me thinking we needed to start a brainstorming session.
>  I frankly would be happy with distros.
> Sorry if it came off like I was stealing ideas.
>

Nah. Not what I meant.

>
> Not sure I agree that compound words should be avoided...If they add
> clarity....
>

This is where we disagree. See Earnie Boyd's suggestions earlier in this
thread
and the replies to them. I don't agree with Earnie here, and agree with the
counter
arguments.

e.g. "Install profile" and "user profile". Too much overloading of terms
with qualifiers.

KISS.


> Dave
> On Jan 2, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>
> On Jan 2, 2008 10:25 PM, David Metzler <metzlerd at metzlerd.com> wrote:
>
> > I would agree, and humbly suggest that we start brainstorming on
> > better names for installation profile.  Some suggestions: (some have
> > been made already)-
> >
> > Distribution  (or some variation of distros) seems like a close fit
> > but also implies the software as
> >
>
> That is actually what distros is. Distro is the short name for that.
>
>
> >
> > Configuration bundles
> >
> > Installation Suites
> >
> > Configuration wizards
> >
> > Install Kits
> >
>
> Let us avoid compounded names formed of many words. They are not
> intuitive.
>
> Here are others:
>
> Packages
>
>
> > ????
> >
> > Not attached to any of these but trying to start some solutions
> > brainstorming.... ;)
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > On Jan 2, 2008, at 1:10 PM, Michelle Cox wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 1/2/2008 2:34:42 PM, Earnie Boyd ( earnie at users.sourceforge.net)
> > > wrote:
> > >> I understand the misfortune of a module named profile is the point of
> > >> this thread.  That module is relative only to user information.  In
> > >> order to make it clear to everyone looking at Drupal it needs renamed
> >
> > >> to User Profile because the word profile is too vague and has many
> > >> connotations to properly denote the meaning of the module.
> > >
> > > I really don't think renaming profile to user profile will help any
> > > since it is install profile that causes the confusion. And I'm not
> > > renaming advanced profile to advanced user profile. It's long
> > > enough of a name as it is. :P
> > >
> > > Michelle
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
> 2bits.com, Inc.
> http://2bits.com
> Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
>
>
>


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