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For reference, the documentation (which refers to the official project
names, rather than the internal code names) has also updated to use
Telemetry:

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/58990/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/58982/
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/58986/

Regards,


Tom

On 03/12/13 09:01, Jeff Jameson wrote:
> Okay, I think I understand this now. From a marketing perspective, the primary project name is not changing. 
> 
> Just to gripe for a moment, your exact wording in the original email was "...the project codenamed Ceilometer has
> been renamed…" and now your response back is "...the codename didn't change. The python projects are still going to be called ceilometer…"
> 
> For a non-technical marketing person, wanting to stay connected to all happenings that are OpenStack, this is a pretty confusing set of statements. I would kindly ask to include some very specific clarifying details for things of this nature in the future, as to avoid any confusion.
> 
> Thanks again!
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On Dec 2, 2013, at 1:08 PM, Stefano Maffulli <stefano at openstack.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 12/02/2013 11:33 AM, Tim Bell wrote:
>>> A clarification, my understanding is that
>>>
>>> - the project is still called ceilometer
>>
>> Yes, the codename didn't change. The python projects are still going to
>> be called ceilometer and python-ceilometer.
>>
>> The TC meeting log of the discussion:
>>
>> http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/tc/2013/tc.2013-11-26-20.02.log.html#l-65
>>
>>
>>> - the service in Keystone is now called 'OpenStack Telemetry' rather
>>> than 'OpenStack Metering'
>>
>> That I'm not sure. I'm assuming they will be renamed if necessary. So
>> far there is no commit mentioning 'telemetry' nor 'metering' in git:
>>
>> http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/keystone/log/?qt=grep&q=metering
>>
>>> Is this right ? Explaining this to the average user is close to
>>> impossible if we are not consistent with the names (and is not that
>>> easy if we are)
>>
>> I hear you, it's not easy. I have the feeling that nobody wants to
>> change things just for fun: Ceilometer expanded its objective and the
>> name "metering" was just not representing the capabilities of the
>> software. It may be as hard to explain users that ceilometer can be used
>> for monitoring too, despite the fact that it was named 'metering', don't
>> you think?
>>
>> /stef
>>
>>
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