Subject: Re: [boost] [ANN] build2 - C++ build toolchain
From: Andrey Semashev (andrey.semashev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-02-04 12:00:04
On 2016-02-04 19:49, Robert Ramey wrote:
> On 2/4/16 6:42 AM, Boris Kolpackov wrote:
>> Hi Vladimir,
>>
>> Vladimir Prus <vladimir.prus_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>>> could you consider using name that's not 'build2'?
>>
>> I honestly don't see how 'build2' (always spelled in lower case, no space
>> between 'build' and '2') can be confused with 'Boost.Build 2', I think
>> that's a bit of a stretch.
>>
>> For the 'b2' logo (and that's only place we use 'b2' -- our executable
>> name is called 'b' and we always call the project 'build2'), yes, you
>> may have a point. But, again, confusing a logo with an executable name,
>> I don't know... We will probably change/stylize the logo at some point
>> so it will hopefully be even less confusing.
>>
>
> I'm sympathetic to Vladimir here. The name build2 in the context of
> boost suggests that it's the next version of boost build.
> Unintentionally or not - it IS misleading.
+1.
Also, no matter how stylized, if the logo reads "b2" then it creates
confusion because the stylization is lost in verbal and written
communication.