We need an awesome code name for "3.0 Stable" – what's it gonna be?

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@nehon @pspeed hell, if it makes releases happen, you can pick out my dress and call me whatever you want.

@jonesadev said: I think "JMonkeyEngine Potatoe" is a great code name.
Hah yeh, "Potato" would even be a great engine name. Not that we're considering a full on name change, but I got curious and checked. Seems the name is taken! https://code.google.com/p/potatoengine/
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Gordo

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Potato is taken by Debian already I think.

I like the mythical ape beast theme. Hanuman is awesome, as would be King Kong (in a different fashion). I think there are more ape figures around; here’s a list of samples (not all will be appropriate, no idea which ones so I simply list all that googling turned up):

  • American “big ape”: Bigfoot, Sasquatch
  • Asian “big ape”: Yeti, Mande Barung
  • Ape king: Sun Wukung
  • Ape god: Hanuman, Hez-ur, Hapi
  • Film ape (monstrous size, normal-sized ones aren’t awesome): King Kong

I think a code name is okay if it’s just an annotation for the release number.
Googling becomes easier if the code name is always associated with the version number, because people tend to pick it up and mention it in forum posts etc.

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I like yeti

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Funky Monkey

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@hidalgo said: Funky Monkey

…Brass Monkey… The Funky Monkey…

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Hi, this is actually funny…
So on a serious note, what is the timeline regarding the release.
Can we expect is soon?

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I suggesting a dual name scheme, that way we wont run out fast.

Eg Slippery Banana
Angry King-Kong

I would go with the monkey-banana stuff ^^

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Yeah, +1 for Yeti.

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Wake me when we get to chupacabra…

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oh yeh el Chupacabra :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:
and use this img http://img.webme.com/pic/s/stafai/fb918e64795.jpg

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Er… that’s cute, but it’s quite outlandish as a Chupacabra image.

Wikipedia says that the name literally means “goat sucker”.
And that the best explanation is a mange-infested coyote.
Which is so not the image I’d want.

The other theory seems to be that a chupacabra is a wolf/coyote hybrid.
Which isn’t as icky as mange, but somebody would have to come up with an idea how wolf/coyote is connected to JME.

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There are also a lot of movie kung-fu styles connected to apes… :wink:

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jME3: Codename Drunken Monkey Kong Fu!

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These guys called their coding skills “kung fu” all the time :wink:

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Dr Zaius!!! Dr Zaius!!!

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@pspeed already used that for his jme entity system.

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@zarch said: @pspeed already used that for his jme entity system.

Yeah, I got tired of us never using it for anything.

Love me some Dr. Zaius. :slight_smile:

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I would also say we should use monkey names. Because:

Monkeys are fun!

jMonkeyEngine v3: gorilla

or

jMonkeyEngine v3: bonobo

And every update or patch could be a banana.

So this could be: JMonkeyEngine v3: gorilla - 2nd banana (for the second patch/update/whatever)

This would result in the development of bananas.

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Honestly I wouldn’t make it too childish…bananas feels childish.

Sorry :slight_smile:

jME3.0 … sounds professional.

jMonkeyEngine 3: Gorilla 2nd banana … sounds childish

Can you seriously see someone standing up in a business meeting and saying “we are going to use jMonkeyEngine 3: Gorilla 2nd banana” with a straight face?

On the other hand “jme3.1 has all the features we need, is well supported, and has no license fees” will make them think “cha ching!” (or possible “what’s the catch?”)