Introducing Our New Name
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After more than a year of public and internal discussions, we're ready to announce our new name!
  • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    I’ve seen it a few times in passing and always assumed it was like, a tech demo or proof of concept.

    • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
      01·
      2 months ago

      It initially was that. Also the name wasn’t meant to stick around forever.

      But, out of a sudden, between updates, not even the new website URLs ready?

      I don’t follow Minetest development that closely anymore, but last time I checked there were no issues or pull requests on their GitHub, nor something official regarding a name change in the forums.

      This feels like there are just a bunch of people haphazardly deciding there is a new name now.

      • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Here’s a post from May in the Minetest Luanti forums discussing the name change: https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?p=425205#p425205

        I’m not going to search further to find the original discussion, but another user in this thread mentions seeing talk of this about a year ago. I agree that it’s not very professional for the new website to be in a less than functional state, but it feels like excitement or decision fatigue may be the culprit, not a rushed process. Then again, it’s an open source video game, not everything has to be “professional” all the time. Meanwhile, enjoy this meme from luanti.org: