Rename `oauth-xx` org to `ruby-oauth`?

#ruby #rails #oauth #github

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Update

Rename is complete!

Read more: https://dev.to/galtzo/the-ruby-oauth-collective-5f90
Join the collective: https://opencollective.com/ruby-oauth
Join the discord: https://discord.gg/3qme4XHNKN

Backstory

Intent of current name was to be a home for oauth tools across many languages, but it never materialized that way. The vestigial -xx is awkward for many reasons, and I think discoverability would improve with a ruby-* org name, and perhaps it could even bring in other oauth-related tools. I have a few thoughts about this, so 🧵

I'm very interested in others thoughts #Ruby #RubyFriends #OAuth #Authentication

👎 Break gemfiles that target the git repo directly

I can't think of any other downsides, and I don't think that this is simply a downside... as it has an (even bigger, IMO) upside.

Companies and projects need to fork a repo if they depend on the git version of it in automated build tooling, because then they control it. If you are not forking and depending on a repo you control you are walking on thin ice. No exceptions. ⚠️ #SupplyChain

👍 Improved SEO
👍 Improved feels (x and xx have negative connotations in society, not least of which is "death"), while Ruby is sprinkles and rainbows.
👍 Immediate comprehension of purpose from org-name alone
👍 Makes much more sense when fundraising, due to same clarity of purpose (UPDATE: The Ruby OAuth Collective has launched!)

IOW, the repo oauth-xx/oauth2 is not at all clearly related to ruby.

I believe the lack of ruby in the current org name is what influenced the name of the original project, oauth-ruby, to include ruby in the project name, thus creating a discrepancy between the project name on GitHub and the name of the gem, which is just oauth.

👍 Thus putting ruby into the org name will result in me feeling better about renaming the oauth-ruby project to simply oauth, matching the gem name.

Original thread: https://ruby.social/@galtzo/114755811319811334
Discuss on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ruby/comments/1llwz34/rename_oauthxx_org_to_rubyoauth/