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Subject: Re: Branding Solr+Lucene
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I'm confused... what is the need for a new name?  The only place where
there is a conflict is in the top level svn tree...

What about something general like:
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/dev
or
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/lucene/project

ryan


On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Steven A Rowe <sarowe@syr.edu> wrote:
> Now that Solr and Lucene live in the same space, there has been an on-goi=
ng debate about what to call the merged entity.
>
> The names being mulled at this point include (variously sized) snippets o=
f both Lucene's and Solr's names, and include LuSolr, Solcene, etc. (my cur=
rent personal favorites along these lines: Sorlusr :) ).
>
> My guess is that Lucene partisans would like to see Solr just become a pr=
oduct (along with the Lucene java library) of the Lucene project. =A0Judgin=
g from suggestions coming from Solr partisans, though, I don't think this w=
ill fly.
>
> So I think an entirely new name is needed for the merged project. =A0Luce=
ne and Solr would remain the product names of this newly named merged proje=
ct.
>
> Along these lines, search.apache.org has been brought up a couple of time=
s recently on the #lucene IRC channel. =A0However (with all due respect to =
what-happens-on-#lucene-stays-on-#lucene (TM) ), Grant wrote in response to=
 one of these suggestions this morning:
>
> =A0 prob. is "Search" is not a brand
> =A0 ASF likes names
>
> So in the spirit of a real name (i.e., an abstract symbol), I propose "Sr=
rrch" (riffing off of "Riot Grrrls" and Solr's penchant for vowel droppings=
).... =A0Okay, not really.
>
> I do have one idea, though: thinking about the icons for Lucene (looks to=
 me like the font used on 50's automobile brand logos) and Solr (a sun): ca=
r+sun =3D> convertible =3D> "Ragtop". =A0Fun, short, abstract, apolitical. =
=A0Solr's and Lucene's icons could be easily embedded in a Ragtop logo.
>
> Steve
>
>
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