[FLOW3-general] Renaming FLOW3 to TYPO3 Flow

[Carsten Bleicker]

Thanks,
this is a good idea :)
want a screwdriver gift to get of the "3" from keybord?


Am 01.10.2012 um 12:27 schrieb Robert Lemke:

> Hi folks,
> 
> as some of you might have seen in Gerrit, Karsten pushed a change set which renames FLOW3 to TYPO3 Flow.
> 
> This is an important decision and we didn't take it easy. There are, however, several good reasons which will
> soon let us forget the initial pain and enjoy the benefits:
> 
> - TYPO3 Flow gets its place in the TYPO3 brand family
> - it can be pronounced just "Flow" in day-to-day use, which is much easier, especially when pronounced in other
>  languages (people said, for example, "Flow drei" or "Flow dry" in German ;-)
> - it is in line with our other products, TYPO3 Fluid, TYPO3 Surf etc.
> - it's still easy to find Flow-related content in Google, just search for "TYPO3 Flow"
> 
> Technically it is less scary than it may seem: Flow's migration tool will easily adjust all your code to fit the new class
> names. However, considering that, together with the introduction of Composer, we have quite a change contained
> in the next release, we will raise the major version number:
> 
> The next release will be called TYPO3 Flow 2.0.
> 
> We have compiled a page with all the background information about the naming scheme. Many people have been
> involved in this decision and I am honestly sorry that we could not include everybody. Elaborating a solution like this
> requires a lot of time and background as branding is a complex topic.
> 
> http://typo3.org/index.php?id=538
> 
> I'm sure that you'll love the overall outcome and how it all fits together when we've released the new CMS. The team
> is extremely excited to share this with you and we count the hours until T3CON12 where we finally can reveal the
> name.
> 
> Let's ride the wave. We won't change the name again, promised ;-)
> 
> Robert
> 
> PS: The worst thing is that my hands have FLOW3 in their DNA. Don't ask how many times I wanted to write "Flow"
> but my middle finger added a "3" instantly. 
> 
> PPS: The official renaming will be done later, after the conference. This is a pre-announcement for you guys. There is
> just so much to consider … website … mailing lists … domains … press releases …
> 
> -- 
> Robert Lemke
> Lead Developer TYPO3 Phoenix and FLOW3
> Co-Founder TYPO3 Association
> 
> Blog: robertlemke.de/blog
> Get involved: typo3.org – flow3.org
> 
> 
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