<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Dec 1, 2016, at 8:33 AM, Theo van Hoesel <<a href="mailto:th.j.v.hoesel@gmail.com" class="">th.j.v.hoesel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi Todd,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">in line off the preferred name changes, moving away from the old YAPC name and all moving to "The Perl Conference", I've discussed with Sébastien that we will also use different naming for repositories and the way they are being named on Spectre</div></div></div></blockquote><div>I don't see any particular reason the repo naming needs to be dictated. Can you clarify?</div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">The Perl Conference is going to be used as the global name, officially these conferences will be called:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The Perl Conference in <city_name></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>I think that's an overly rigid policy which has flaws. Next year's TPC in the US will be in Alexandria. How many people will see that and assume Greece? <a href="https://goo.gl/mdNdbK" class="">https://goo.gl/mdNdbK</a> Also, what would you like to call the Perl Conference we'll be having in 2018 in Paris, TX? :P</div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">It has a very strong preference no longer to refer to the regions or continents, so, there will not be a TPC::Europe or The European Perl Conference. And thus, neither will there be a North-American Perl Conference.</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">For the conference I am privileged to be the main organizer - and thus had to make some decisions about naming things, and discussed with various people, from TPF and YEF ... and for concerns off the name of repository:</div></div></blockquote><div>I'm not clear who besides you has agreed on this. The NA organizers have not agreed on it. In fact we probably have concerns about your plans</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">tpc-2017-alexandria (instead of na2017 which refers to a continent)</div><div class="">hope this is still on a right moment to reconsider your request and rename the already created repo on github.</div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div></div><div class="">As above I do not agree. We're already pressed for time.</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; text-indent: 6px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue';" class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; text-indent: 6px;" class="">Sébastien</span>, I would appreciate it if we moved forward with getting na2017 online so we can proceed with our test development. As I stated before, we're not ready to go live so I don't follow why this discussion needs to block our development.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I notice <a href="http://test.mongueurs.net/" class="">http://test.mongueurs.net/</a> is down. Is it planned to be up any time soon?</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks,</div><div class="">Todd</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>