Choose a Project Name - Initial Voting Closes December 31

[yakatz]

Voting has closed

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Process:

• Create one top-level comment for each suggested name.
• You may vote for as many names as your want. Please limit voting to one vote per-choice per-person (no sockpuppet accounts)
  Only upvotes count, not emoji reactions.
  
• If you have comments about a name, please create a nested comment under that name choice.
  Please don't leave a comment that someone else already said or a comment that just indicates that you agree with a previous comment.
• Voting will close no earlier than 2024-12-31 23:59:59 UTC and as long as there is a clear consensus.
• If there is not a clear consensus at that time, voting will remain open until no later than 2025-01-18 23:59:59 UTC

Project name considerations:

• It cannot use the word Puppet
• It cannot use intellectual property of any other company/organization.
• It should be something that will be viewed as trustworthy in the enterprise space.
• The organization name should be available on Github (please don't create an organization to reserve the name at this time)
• It should reflect the function of the project or otherwise explain why it makes sense to be the project name
• It would be nice if the name is not an existing word because that makes searching for it easier and decreases the chance it overlaps with an existing project/name/thing.

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Background

We have considered not renaming Puppet, but Perforce has refused to let us use the name quite explicitly in today's community hall call, see #5.

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More about names

Comment by @anarcat - moved here by @yakatz

See also: #7 (comment)

The Linux Foundation had the following advice about forks:

Name
    The name is important. Come up with something distinct and trademark-friendly.
    Ensure that we own the domain, GitHub namespace, etc. associated with the new name. (If anyone helps by squatting on any of those, get them to transfer stuff to the new organization.)
    Remove any existing trademark usage from the codebase. That includes paths, command names, etc. (While this may not be strictly necessary, it eliminates an opportunity for legal action later.)

there's more good stuff in there, but that's the important bits about the name.

so when you suggest a name here, think about avoiding generic names like, well, blink or dolly (sorry to pick on you two! :), and due dilligence in looking for existing projects (like dig in a search engine first, ideally do a trademark search) would also go a long way.

in any case, regardless of the outcome of the vote here, i strongly feel that the chosen name should respect the above.

[yakatz]

OpenPhoenix

Proposed by email by @binford2k to honor Josh Cooper’s team (codename Phoenix) which doggedly kept core Puppet alive and connected to the community, even with next to zero company support.

[binford2k]

fwiw, I'd already claimed http://github.com/openphoenixproject early in the conversation

[joshcooper]

Thank you for the thoughts and kind words. As someone who has been working on Puppet since April 2011, this is a sad day for me personally.

[ghoneycutt]

Phoenix Open is not related to software. There should not be any TM issues there.

[rrotter]

Anything but this. Phoenix was the original name of Firefox before they changed it due to trademark conflicts.

[binford2k]

That's a very good point. Phoenix Tech is dead (ironically) and acquired and we don't need to be dealing with yet another PE company.

[yakatz]

mummet

Proposed by email by @ekohl, inspired by muppet (Jim Henson-create puppet), but not a trademark.

[ekohl]

jra suggested muppet and I thought it would have issues so I proposed to replace all Ps with Ms (s/p/m/g).

[pheeef]

I think "muppet" is pretty good honestly :)

[yakatz]

manikin

Proposed by email by [email protected]:

If this goes forward, I'd like to propose the name "Manikin", which is an alternative spelling of "Mannequin":
"A mannequin (sometimes spelled as manikin and also called a dummy, lay figure, or dress form) is a doll, often articulated, used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others, especially to display or fit clothing and show off different fabrics and textiles." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannequin
The name is both conceptually close to "Puppet", while having an unmistakable spelling. I could not find anything computer-related named like this, nor did Repology find any hint of such an package.

[ripienaar]

A manikin is not an alternative spelling of Mannequin, its a specific kind of Mannequin - those that are used in medical training

[yakatz]

Wikipedia links them to the same page

[jcharaoui]

A manikin is not an alternative spelling of Mannequin, its a specific kind of Mannequin - those that are used in medical training

The specific kind of mannequin you're is referring to is probably the Transparent Anatomical Manikin (TAM) which suggests the word "manikin" by itself isn't specific to a medical device.

[yakatz]

golem

Proposed by email by @cvquesty, inspired by an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, often as a being to carry burdens or perform chores.

[yakatz]

Concern was raised on the mailing list that this could be confused for gollum (Lord of the Rings character)

[cvquesty]

Note that this was raised in jest during conversation. Yes, it's a cool name/character/folklore, and it keeps the puppet-y vibe. And I said it, but I'm not sure the "juice" this would have as a project name

[SimonHoenscheid]

There is a German IT Magazine, see golem.de

[yakatz]

pinp

Proposed by email by @yakatz, inspired by Cinc is not Chef, Pinp is not Puppet.

[yakatz]

I suggested this mainly in jest - it sounds like a not-so-nice English word

[genebean]

vox

This is in honor of the community behind so much of puppet: Vox Pupuli https://voxpupuli.org
EDIT: an enhanced version of this is proposed by @bastelfreak:

Vox Pupuli

Maybe it makes sense to use the community name for the new org / transform Vox Pupuli into the new org we're discussing. The name is known in the IT world, I'm not aware of any copyright/trademark issues. And it would be nice to use vox/voxd on the CLI, as mentioned in #9 (comment) / #9 (comment)

[zipkid]

https://www.vox.com/ may be a problem for 'vox' ...!?

[SimonHoenscheid]

There is also a TV Channel with the same name

[nsballmann]

But with OpenVox and vox it follows the same path like OpenTofu and /usr/bin/tofu.

[marcusdots]

vox as a shorthand command name is nice, but the product name needs to be longer. Otherwise you cannot meaningfully search for it.

[KrisBuytaert]

As @bastelfreak says vox for the agent .. voxd for the service but the project should be the full name .. :)

[SimonHoenscheid]

minion

Suggested by Miriam Webster as replacement for the word puppet.

[ripienaar]

"salt minion" https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/cli/salt-minion.html

Nice name, but would clash with Salt related things

[cvquesty]

hmmm

mascot-ing would be hard... Universal don't play...

[yakatz]

mascot-ing would be hard... Universal don't play...

It would have to not be yellow and pill shaped, but Universal didn't invent the minion...

[anarcat]

openvox

[genebean]

I kinda like this as the org name with the command and server names suggested by @bastelfreak in #9 (reply in thread) (quoted below)

As a Vox Pupuli PMC member I might be biased, but I love the idea of vox for the CLI and voxd for the server. (And vox as the general name for the tool).

[khlnx]

voxd for the server would also be cool because it sounds like "Vox Dei" which is a Latin Phrase "Voice of the Gods".

[anthonysomerset]

OpenVox is a PBX company - https://www.openvoxtech.com/ sadly

[Damianv99]

If OpenVox is used, then here are a few more suggestions
VoxFusion/FusionVox
VoxUnity/UnityVox
VoxSynergy/SynergyVox
OuvertVox/VoxOuvert

[zipkid]

(Open)VoxConfig

It is Vox, we all know why, and it is Config.
Prepending with 'Open' is optional.

[yakatz]

pupuli

Suggested by several people on Slack, similar motivation to Vox

[zipkid]

This only highlights the 'puppet' part, without 'vox'.

[lollipopman]

I prefer this to "Vox Pupuli", as its shorter, single word makes searches obvious and easier, ties into Vox Pupuli, does not appear to be trademarked, org domain is available, existing filename suffixes, pp and epp still make some sense.

[ajoberstar]

I like the point about file extensions, which applies to other abbreviations like PQL as well.

[kjetilho]

Dolly

This word can mean a lot of things in English. The obvious inspiration is that it's a doll, which is related to a puppet, but it is also a tool to transport stuff from A to B, e.g. to transport a boat, or a movie camera during shoots.

[yakatz]

I was chatting with my boss from my old job and she suggested Chucky. I thought she liked Puppet...

[genebean]

Yikes!

[SimonHoenscheid]

I was chatting with my boss from my old job and she suggested Chucky. I thought she liked Puppet...

Do you want to add this as a top level comment?

Chucky - the murder configuration management tool 😂, I kind of like it

[yakatz]

@SimonHoenscheid Feel free to add it. I think it is funny in some contexts, but I probably wouldn't vote for it.

[anthonysomerset]

Chucky - the murder configuration management tool 😂, I kind of like it

this almost seems apt considering puppet will blow any config away that existed before if you didn't bring it in properly to management

[nicklewis]

blink - a previous name for puppet

[ekohl]

There's already https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blink_(browser_engine)

[yakatz]

OpenDCM - Open Declaritive Configuration Manager?

Command just dcm

Proposed by @ripienaar

[yakatz]

OpenDCM project exists on GitHub, building a DC Multimeter

Could also be confused with openDCIM

a free, web based Data Center Infrastructure Management application

[genebean]

Bummer

[solenodonte]

StringIT

Puppets are controlled by strings, IT helps to both differentiate and specify where it's going to be used.

[ekohl]

The replacement for puppet-strings may be very confusing then.

[sevendials]

Poppy.

With a nice poppy logo.

[lollipopman]

I really like poppy, but I think it would be difficult to acquire all the needed digital assets.

[kjetilho]

For sure, there will be no top-level domain like poppy.org or poppy.io available, but we already have the organisation which will "own" the product, so the web page could be a simple https://voxpupuli.org/poppy

There is another open source project, though. https://www.poppy-project.org/en/ ("Open source platform for the creation, use and sharing of interactive 3D printed robots")

[marcusdots]

Will the ballot just be won by the name with most upvotes?
Will we follow up with a second ballot of our top-5-candidates?

[yakatz]

Technically, no, it won't necessarily be the name with the most votes. No matter how many votes there are for Puppetty McPuppetface, that won't win. The winning option is also subject to legal review.

The plan created by the Working Group does not include a provision for a second round of voting. The intention was to pick a name as quickly as possible because there are so many other things dependent on that. We gave a range for the voting to close to make sure the holidays wouldn't impact participation, but the Working Group feels that there has been sufficient participation and the voting will close on December 31.

[ekohl]

I like the idea of a second round with a specific poll. I know I voted for multiple options that sound good and suspect multiple people did.

[yakatz]

@cvquesty also replied by email (which doesn't support comment threads, but he mentioned this too). The issue is time - we want to keep the momentum going and there are many other things waiting on finalizing the name.

[lashomb]

Since this move is due to things being closed or walled off in the commercial version, parapet is a word that is close in style to puppet, while also inferring some meaning there regarding the decision. Plus it has two ps in the word, which could be fitting for the .pp file extension.

[jficz]

also inferring some meaning there regarding the decision

imho we should avoid such inferences, it may work now but we don't know what is going to happen in the future. Otherwise parapet is a good name

[thekn0x]

Parapet sounds good. How do you think Pipit?

[tomeon]

How about prop? A puppet is a sort of stage prop, and "prop" can also refer to a propeller, with the nice connotation of moving things forward and upward. Maybe turboprop for extra oomph?

Conflicts:

• https://github.com/leuchtturm-dev/turboprop (now archived)

[tallakt]

proppet

[tuxmea]

voxctl or cfgctl

I want to see the next *ctl tool ;-)

[66tree]

Pipsqueak

[bombasticbob]

Hi, I'm not actually a user of the software, but I can see how useful this could be for managing server farms. I do not like what P4 is doing with respect to you NOT having 'puppet' in the project name (I read about this on TheRegister).

So, I used Grok over on X to find synonyms for 'puppet' and one name stuck out: "effigy".

So to make it unique, maybe F.E.G. or F3G or OpenFG or similar...?

[tallakt]

I was thinking about this and I think it needs to me a made up word to make sure its not already used. I came up with a simple alternative that sounds nice and reminds of «puppet» to maintain the link to the original project.

Tuppet

Thanks

[deligatedgeek]

I thought of Partner as the meaning a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor seems relative

[c22]

Late to the party, but how about Yonnet? As in, Marionette

[sevendials]

That might look like a variation of jsonnet.

[c22]

I'm familiar with jsonnet, I don't really associate the name with JSON or a sonnet beyond the rhyme.

[anarcat]

You may vote for as many names as your want. Please limit voting to one vote per-choice per-person (no sockpuppet accounts)

i have a question about process here: how many votes can we actually cast here, one or many? it seems to me you're saying both at once. github itself seems to allow the latter.

[yakatz]

The idea was you can vote anytime that GitHub shows you the up button, but you should not log in as a different account so you can click the up button a second time.