Name (was: Re: [Setools] Q2 got accepted as a Demonstration at OOPSLA)

[Stéphane Ducasse]

Good!
I like the nordic aspect of it :)
Stef

On 31 juil. 06, at 12:10, goran at krampe.se wrote:

> Hi folks!
>
> Back from vacation and itching to go.
>
> Hans N Beck <hnbeck at t-online.de> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Sonar from the word itself is ideal, but it expresses not the right
>> thing - or better too few things compared to the capabilities.
>>
>> Turn we again the wheel:
>>
>> - ColManI	Collecting and Managing Issues
>> - Platonica    because - like Platon's allegory of cave -
>> Requirements and Bugs are giving a picture of software, but only one
>> like the shadows give from the world for the prisoners in cave.
>>
>> now Göran (and Damien), you can pack out your further ideas :-)
>
> I was leaning towards Yeti (YET another Issue tracker) or Seshat (or
> Sashet, Egyptian goddess) but now this morning when I glanced on my  
> name
> candidates list one of the names suddenly looked quite good - not sure
> why I dropped it earlier:
>
> 	Gjallar
>
> I like it because it is unique and short (only two syllables which  
> makes
> it easy on the lips), exotically spelled (both for english and
> scandinavians actually), and has a cool history and meaning from old
> nordic mythology. And there was no hit on Sourceforge nor did I see  
> any
> other open source project that jumped out from a googling. Gjallar.org
> is taken, but there are other domains.
>
> Gjallar (or Gjallarhorn) is the horn which Mimer and Odin used to  
> drink
> from Mimer's well of wisdom and intelligence. It is also the horn used
> by Heimdall, the guardian of Asgard, to warn that the giants are  
> coming
> to fight the gods and the end of the world is near.
>
> So it is both the tool used to gain wisdom and intelligence :) as well
> as warn and communicate.
>
> regards, Göran
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