[Labs-l] Naming of the two Tool Labs projects

[Jérémie Roquet]

Hi everyone,

2013/5/3 Ryan Lane <rlane at wikimedia.org>:
> If folks don't need root to test/develop their tools/bots, then the
> tools project is a perfectly acceptable place to do so.
>
> In some cases they make want some libraries or infrastructure that doesn't
> exist, and they may know linux well enough to try this stuff out on their
> own. In that case a separate project that allows root access is a good idea.
>
> If the names are confusing, we can create a new project called
> tools-experimental and phase out the bots project. Renaming projects is
> pretty difficult.

This is a great idea. I've just read Silke's post on Wikimedia's blog
and the simple fact that an explanation is required for people to
understand what the difference between “Tools” and “Bots” is should be
a sufficient reason to fix the naming. IMHO, tools /
tools-experimental is pretty clear, whereas the current naming is not.

Best regards,

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Jérémie