[ovirt-users] why is it called vdsm?

[Greg Sheremeta]

> Le 13/02/2015 16:49, Francesco Romani a écrit :
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Greg Sheremeta" <gshereme at redhat.com>
> >> To: devel at ovirt.org, "users" <users at ovirt.org>
> >> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 3:04:51 PM
> >> Subject: [ovirt-users] why is it called vdsm?
> >>
> >> Why is it called vdsm and not something a little more descriptive and
> >> project-related, like "ovirt-agent"?
> > Well, we could think of a rename for oVirt 4.0 :)
> >
> > Not 100% joking: besides being a bit more google-friendlier, that  could
> > solve
> > the packaging troubles and make old-vdsm and
> > new-vdsm-or-whaterver-we-may-call-it
> > trivially parallel installable on a given host.

Well, that was going to be my next question -- can we rename it?
I like "ovirt-agent", but almost anything other than vdsm will be
nicer :)

> From: "Nathanaël Blanchet" <blanchet at abes.fr>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 11:04:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] why is it called vdsm?
> 
> for the little story, when I began to use ovirt in 2012, a french google
> search gave me on the first page a full list of "BDSM" result, which
> relies to Bonding for the B letter, but in reality for masochism :) that
> was very funny but not very serious :)
> 

Indeed. In addition to not being descriptive or helpful, "vdsm" rhymes /
sounds like (especially if said quickly) something we shouldn't
talk about in a professional setting. This may only be true for
native English speakers, and I believe "vdsm" originated in Israel.
It's not a label that would have originated in the US due to it
not being "work-friendly."

That awkwardness aside, ... "ovirt-agent" will be better for marketing,
Google searches, etc.

Greg

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