Ipfs-companion: Change the name before v2.0.0 released?

Created on 25 Mar 2017 · 12Comments · Source: ipfs/ipfs-companion

In past Firefox add-on was named _IPFS Gateway Redirect_.

It is an understatement, because in addition to redirect functionality, v2.0.0alpha2 features IPFS node status monitoring, experimental dnslink support, web+ipfs:// protocol support and quick upload options for local and web content.

I feel it may be a good time to pick visually shorter and more broad name.

Please vote using emoji reaction below or suggest something more elegant in comments below
(one per comment, to make it easy to vote with 👍 reactions) 🙃

👍 here → change name to IPFS Companion
👎 here → keep the old name IPFS Gateway Redirect
go to this comment → change name to IPFS Station

help wanted kindiscussion

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lidel

👍7

Most helpful comment

IPFS Station was suggested in https://github.com/ipfs/in-web-browsers/issues/54
(👍 this comment to vote for it)

lidel on 9 May 2017

👍5 ❤1 🎉1

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Reasons for my change-vote:

The gateway will hopefully soon be just one of various "transports"
Redirect is an implementation detail

ghost on 26 Mar 2017

IPFS Station was suggested in https://github.com/ipfs/in-web-browsers/issues/54
(👍 this comment to vote for it)

lidel on 9 May 2017

👍5 ❤1 🎉1

Let's timebox this decision. I say, let's pick the name till Wednesday 17. That give everyone enough time to check this issue and vote

daviddias on 9 May 2017

👍1

Ping -- this timebox expires on Wednesday.

Station sounds good to me IF that means the current station tool and the addon will be one thing.

ghost on 16 May 2017

Thank you @lgierth ! :)

daviddias on 16 May 2017

Sounds like ~~IPFS Gateway Redirect~~ IPFS Companion it is 🍾

daviddias on 22 May 2017

You mean... IPFS Station ? 🙃
Should I make PR with the change?

lidel on 22 May 2017

Oh, I meant IPFS Companion

IPFS Companion - 6 votes
IPFS Gateway Redirect - 1 vote
IPFS Station - 5 votes

daviddias on 22 May 2017

Oy... that was a close one 😕
We've added "Station" after "Companion" already had 4 votes, and some votes got duplicated.

@lgierth, @RndFooBar, @verox, @jedahan, @mateon1, @sonatagreen:
Please check your votes, decide between "Station" vs. "Companion" and update your votes accordingly.
Make sure you vote only for _one option_.

lidel on 22 May 2017

😄1

Lol, seems that made IPFS Companion even stronger 🙃
Can we say it is settled? What is the next step? Repo rename to ipfs-companion? Who can do it?

lidel on 23 May 2017

Renamed :) Welcome to ipfs-companion! :tada: