https://kotlinlang.org logo
#compose
Title
# compose
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 10:34 AM
Who wants Compose package name to be changed from
androidx.compose
to just
compose
in light of #compose-desktop, #compose-web, etc and move to beta stage happening soon? Put another way, if it was originated by Microsoft, or Apple, you can ask yourself if you would want to see it from the
windowsx.compose
or
macosx.compose
package, plus also see it in the imports in all the files where use it, even if for an Android or Linux app.
🙏 4
56
j

Javier

02/13/2021, 10:47 AM
In a code review seeing
androidx
packages in common code is weird and has no sense to keep that package name. I don't care if they want to replace
androidx
with
google
to keep their brand, but just a name which doesn't include a specific Multiplatform target when it is an agnostic framework.
24
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 10:49 AM
If the official website with great docs is already AndroidX branded, people will give the credit to the AndroidX/Jetpack team and Google. That is already the case! There's no need to confuse people and shovel the brand down their codebase even when it no longer make sense for the use cases.
d

Dominaezzz

02/13/2021, 11:32 AM
Considering all the breaking changes I've had to go through with the recent releases 😩, a package name change would be very welcome (especially before it's too late).
9
z

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]

02/13/2021, 2:25 PM
Someone on the compose team (I think it was Leland?) said somewhere that they argued for this internally early in the compose project, but they were overruled and so it’s pretty much a done deal at this point. I can’t find it now.
Maybe we should start a Change.org😅
🤣 7
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 2:34 PM
Great idea, doing it, will post the link soon.
a

Ali Albaali

02/13/2021, 3:38 PM
Here @Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
🙏 1
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 3:53 PM
Posting soon. Writing of the petition done, working on the presentation image.
z

Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]

02/13/2021, 4:36 PM
@louiscad I was joking – if Leland couldn’t convince his boss, I would be very surprised if we would be able to, especially this late in the game 🙈
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 4:41 PM
@Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] Sorry I took your non explicit joke seriously 😅 Do you want to be surprised?
😅 1
👍 1
3
r

rsktash

02/13/2021, 5:40 PM
At least replacing androidx.* with jetpack.* would be platform neutral naming
7
i

ian.shaun.thomas

02/13/2021, 5:53 PM
This feels like Android all over again. Pun intended
b

BenjO

02/13/2021, 6:25 PM
100k signatures to this petition and this can go right to the French National Assembly to be debated 😆
l

louiscad

02/13/2021, 6:27 PM
We probably can do a more productive debate without politicians in the Kotin community though 😄
b

BenjO

02/13/2021, 6:28 PM
agreed !
d

diego-gomez-olvera

02/17/2021, 11:11 AM
196/200
sometimes backend developers already associate Kotlin to Androoid, it would be important for Compose to avoid this
14 Views