Re: [kernelci-tsc] New name for new "KernelCI"

[Nikolai Kondrashov <spbnick@gmail.com>]

On 6/12/24 7:27 PM, Gustavo Padovan wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On 6/12/24 11:56, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
>> On 6/5/24 12:00 PM, Nikolai Kondrashov via groups.io wrote:
>>> On 5/23/24 6:54 PM, Nikolai Kondrashov wrote:
>>>> As you know, we've been developing the new KernelCI API [1], and the
>>>> kernelci-pipeline [2] based on it, for quite a while.
>>>>
>>>> However, by now it seems that too many things are being called "KernelCI":
>>>> the
>>>> project, pieces of the old system, pieces of the new system. We would also
>>>> like to give the name of KernelCI the project a wider scope than just a
>>>> particular CI system, and accommodate more packages/projects under its name.
>>>>
>>>> So we would like to propose to call the new system "KernelCI <Something>".
>>>>
>>>> And this message is about that "<Something>".
>>> Almost two weeks have passed from my original message, and we have collected a
>>> number of opinions and potential names. So I went ahead and created a poll to
>>> help us pick the new name:
>>>
>>> https://forms.gle/GY2uWw3yGLA6u5EbA
>>>
>>> The poll requires authenticating to Google to limit the number of votes, but
>>> if anyone has a problem with that, just post your response here (pick all the
>>> options you like), and I'll add it myself. We'll close the poll in a week.
>> The week has passed, and the poll is now closed. We've collected ten
>> responses. An the clear winner is:
>>
>>      "Maestro"
> 
> Nice. So here comes Maestro!  This is a great step to clarify the new
> architecture.
> We should first patch that in the documentation together with the overdue update
> on the overall KernelCI architecture. I can look into a patch for that next week.
> 
> Now, when it comes to actually renaming the git repos and other things we want
> to evaluate a proposal to bring kernelci-core, kernelci-api and
> kernelci-pipeline into
> a monorepo kci-maestro. But that would be post Plumbers possibly as our focus is
> super sharper on showing the new KernelCI there.
> 
> I guess we should also start tagging the maestro data in KernelCI as
> 'kci-maestro' or
> something like that and not 'kernelci' anymore. Jeny, thoughts on this?

I'm happy that we got a name, and I quite like it too :D

Let's also go over all this in the weekly tomorrow, and on the TSC calls!

Regarding KCIDB, I think the origin should be simply "maestro", similar to
other origins (like "0day", "tuxsuite", and "cki", not like company names that
we also have).

Nick