<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>This post generated some discussion on the mailing list(s) [1],[2] and on reddit [3].<br><br></div>The straw poll [4] garnered (as of time of writing this mail) 138 votes, broken down as<br><br></div>ghc-ide-engine 56 votes 41%<br></div>ghc-ide-service 43 votes 31%<br></div>haskides 19 votes 14%<br></div>ghc-ide-daemon 16 votes 12%<br><div><div><div><div>something else 4 votes 3%<br><br></div><div>So it seems -ide-engine is the favourite<br><br></div><div>In a bait-and-switch operation, I think it makes sense to keep the current "haskell-ide" prefix, and so rename it to <br><br></div><div> haskell-ide-engine<br><br></div><div>This has the advantages of<br><br></div><div> a) The prefix is the same, so continuity is slightly better<br><br></div><div> b) It does not mentally shut out any tooling constructed using other compilers/techniques, such as haskell-src-exts<br></div><div><br></div><div>If anyone feels strongly that this is wrong, please let me know.<br><br></div><div>Regards<br></div><div> Alan<br></div><div><br></div><div><div><br>[1] <a href="https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2015-October/121965.html">https://mail.haskell.org/pipermail/haskell-cafe/2015-October/121965.html</a><br>[2] <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/haskell-ide/hI3MzXbwqTo">https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/haskell-ide/hI3MzXbwqTo</a><br>[3] <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3qh19i/rename_haskellide_project/" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/haskell/comments/3qh19i/rename_haskellide_project/</a><br>[4] <a href="http://strawpoll.me/5842105/r" target="_blank">http://strawpoll.me/5842105/r</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Alan & Kim Zimmerman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan.zimm@gmail.com" target="_blank">alan.zimm@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>At the moment the repository/project is called haskell-ide<br><br></div>This leads to the impression that it is an IDE.<br><br></div>It is actually a backend/server to provide services for an IDE<br><br></div>We are considering changing the name.<br><br></div>The options are<br><br></div> haskides / ghc-ide-daemon / ghc-ide-service / ghc-ide-engine<br><br></div>Please cast your vote at <a href="http://strawpoll.me/5842105" target="_blank">http://strawpoll.me/5842105</a><br><br></div>Thanks<span><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"> Alan<br></font></span></div>
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