[Cabal] Namespaces

[Mark Doliner]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:32:46 -0500, Sadrul H Chowdhury wrote
> On 11/20/06, Sean Egan <seanegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/20/06, Sean Egan <seanegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 11/15/06, Sean Egan <seanegan at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Any thoughts from sadrul?
> > >
> > > Any thoughts at all?
> >
> > Turns out he wasn't on this list!
> >
> > Adil: We've decided to renamespace everything to purple_ and pidgin_,
> > to really emphasize the difference between libpurple and Pidgin. We'd
> > like to rename gaim-text to something unique, to make it clear that
> > it's an entirely separate client from Pidgin, as opposed to just "the
> > console version of pidgin."
> >
> > Also, since Pidgin and Adium both have avian themes, we think maybe we
> > should start a trend that libpurple-based clients have something to do
> > with birds. Hummingbird has been suggested, since they're small,
> > light, and fast.
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> I think it's great! I would also propose 'sparrow', which is a little
> shorter in length, and quicker to pronounce, but more importantly, 
> it shares the same name as Captain Jack Sparrow!

I think I like Sparrow more than Hummingbird.

-Mark