From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (pb-smtp20.pobox.com [173.228.157.52]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1D86D189B8D for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2024 17:20:35 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1723137637; cv=none; b=A+s6zrebVB+3IU35C/dJnyLOmAeJifLPA3RVT9d1QvUjS5g5meOoP2y1lSXf6yB7jvdEy1I0AgYXSBTs98v2ICwLPNePp8lHOIc2BS9gQ+MSPp56nrlzkPLIBUmO4+aP385ExnHTqw+COdPyKEjVLowAExBvBBM/+VhmmnGkBgk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1723137637; c=relaxed/simple; bh=GJTAoByfu1abi6UXPf8oIqmQNYiGRKdvVquZxY5f9DY=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=Vy/emaymeZccnGtoq7No0q1wwKYIPE+gtW8O7ejPGKbVhjvlmOtjrxSVRWQchCWLLsUtptAVJXjuSK93nr84DnUyZJnqp7ZCujks1Cv5rkTDNcTVJYiMWzgWCGoKij+YKgqzUJwwwMQcBvo9Vr41D0Wh+x8u+QNJrYLv5lQ7szg= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b=jGmQBrBJ; arc=none smtp.client-ip=173.228.157.52 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=pobox.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=pobox.com header.i=@pobox.com header.b="jGmQBrBJ" Received: from pb-smtp20.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F83623ADA; Thu, 8 Aug 2024 13:20:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=GJTAoByfu1abi6UXPf8oIqmQNYiGRKdvVquZxY 5f9DY=; b=jGmQBrBJbJ1pwd+LoxNsyg2OOeseoT11Xz0cm+qXYIy1IdoN35mUHA hO5iOt8y+ph6NJbPl/hgWF6dNZ1c7cgLNO52+FyNCylr5/hvUgrGnFIaNXWTkQak ozUu1rqiEk1afXG5Ql7pTuivAPrs1pckBAcw/izeAsg9d//mQ2g5w= Received: from pb-smtp20.sea.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B2F723AD9; Thu, 8 Aug 2024 13:20:35 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) Received: from pobox.com (unknown [34.125.108.217]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp20.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 54D3723AD8; Thu, 8 Aug 2024 13:20:31 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from junio@pobox.com) From: Junio C Hamano To: "Jason A. Donenfeld" Cc: Josh Steadmon , git@vger.kernel.org, calvinwan@google.com, spectral@google.com, emilyshaffer@google.com, emrass@google.com, rsbecker@nexbridge.com Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/6] [RFC] Introduce cgit-rs, a Rust wrapper around libgit.a In-Reply-To: (Jason A. Donenfeld's message of "Thu, 8 Aug 2024 20:51:09 +0900") References: Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 10:20:29 -0700 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 83AB9F86-55AA-11EF-9147-BF444491E1BC-77302942!pb-smtp20.pobox.com "Jason A. Donenfeld" writes: > Cgit maintainer here... > > On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 11:21:25AM -0700, Josh Steadmon wrote: >> * bikeshedding on the name (yes, really). There is an active, unrelated >> CGit project [4] that we only recently became aware of. We originally >> took the name "cgit" because at $DAYJOB we sometimes refer to git.git >> as "cgit" to distinguish it from jgit [5]. > > Indeed, please find something else. Cgit is a real project, used by > many, such as git.kernel.org, and it'll turn into a real hassle for both > of us if there's ambiguity and confusion. > > What about libgit-rs? Or even libgit3, where the rustness of it is > simply an implementation detail, so the name won't feel dated 15 years > from now when everything is written in Rust anyway and -rs is so 2020s? libgit-rs sounds like a descriptive and good name. I am not sure about the wisdom of _not_ saying anything about Rust. In 2035 maybe nobody is writing in Rust but in not-yet-invented alternative that is even better.