[ltt-dev] LTTng-UST -> UST

[Pierre-Marc Fournier]

----- Original message -----
> Maybe the problem is in my head... :-) I'm actually just talking about
> the   title on the webpage, code and manuals already just say UST mostly.
> 
> My problem is that managers are going to the UST website and noting 
> LTTng-UST. Then they shorten it to LTTng (as they don't know better)
> which   confuses everyone who knows about LTTng (the patches on the
> kernel). Then,   once it's been explained to them about the kernel, and
> userspace, and how   they're different and separate and so on they start
> coming up with new   things. Yesterday I managed to stop one of them
> writing down LTTng-KST   (kernelspace tracer). :-/
> 
> So, sorry for all the commotion.
> 
> But maybe in the long-term we don't want to be called LTTng-UST? It's a 
> bit of a mouthfull and UST is short and sweet and doesn't share even
> part   of the name with another project. It's also better from a
> marketing   perspective. Just changing the title on the webpage and
> changing the   README would pretty much do it.
> 

I have no problem with these changes.

pmf

> /Nils
> 
> On Wed, 1 Sep 2010, Pierre-Marc Fournier wrote:
> 
> > Hi Nils,
> > 
> > I'm not sure I understand the problem you are referring to.
> > 
> > You are always free to say just UST, the tarballs are called
> > ust.tar.gz, the Debian package name is ust.
> > 
> > In what context do you see the project called LTTng-UST? Do you feel
> > that it comes from the website? Are you proposing a separate website
> > be made for ust?
> > 
> > pmf
> > 
> > ----- Original message -----
> > > When discussing LTTng-UST I very often run into some confusion about
> > > the name, specifically people assume I'm talking about LTTng. In
> > > order to reduce the amount of confusion I suggest we rename
> > > LTTng-UST to just UST.
> > > 
> > > Pierre-Marc, Mathieu, everyone else, any comments?
> > > /Nils
> > > 
> > 
> >