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# compose
l
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.
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j
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.
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l
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.
c
d
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).
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z
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… 😅
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l
Great idea, doing it, will post the link soon.
a
Here @Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD]
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l
Posting soon. Writing of the petition done, working on the presentation image.
z
@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
@Zach Klippenstein (he/him) [MOD] Sorry I took your non explicit joke seriously 😅 Do you want to be surprised?
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r
At least replacing androidx.* with jetpack.* would be platform neutral naming
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i
This feels like Android all over again. Pun intended
b
100k signatures to this petition and this can go right to the French National Assembly to be debated 😆
l
We probably can do a more productive debate without politicians in the Kotin community though 😄
b
agreed !
d
196/200
sometimes backend developers already associate Kotlin to Androoid, it would be important for Compose to avoid this
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