[Commotion-dev] app name and Java package name for Android?

[Will Hawkins]

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On 05/14/2012 12:42 PM, Nathan of Guardian wrote:
> 
> On 05/14/2012 09:58 AM, Josh King wrote:
>> Hi Hans,
> 
>> This sounds great to me! As you said, it fits in with the naming
>> scheme of other tether apps.
> 
>> On 05/11/2012 05:07 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The Java package name needs to change for the current
>>>> OLSRMeshTether
> app. Any ideas for a new name? This would also be related to the
> name of the app itself. At the very least it should be something
> based on net.commotionwireless. This is the current idea I have:
>>>> 
>>>> app name: MeshTether java package:
>>>> net.commotionwireless.meshtether
>>>> 
>>>> "wifi tether" is a whole genre of Android apps, so this would
>>>> link the mesh idea to that genre, since its quite close in
>>>> concept
> Is Tethering really occurring though? Wifi Tether is named as such 
> because you enable your device to be tethered to as a wifi
> hotspot/node.
> 

I thought that, at some point, the goal of the app was to not only
allow the device to participate in the mesh but also act as an AP.

That said, I do like your Mesh Connect name.

Will
> In this case, the goal is to enable your device to participate in
> the mesh overlay of the adhoc wifi networking, and I think the
> "Tethering" word might confuse people as to the point of the app.
> 
> I suppose you could say as a node in the mesh you are extending
> the network by allowing others to "tether" on to you... except they
> are still first class participants in the mesh, and not a secondary
> leech.
> 
> Why not just "Mesh Connect" or "Mesh Client" or... MeshBot! :)
> 
> 

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