Conventional ROM naming? Chefs and Moderators friendly

[tricsio]

The dates on the ROMs lately are getting very confusing due to the same ROMs appearing with different dates just for correcting a bug. (This could be because chefs are trying to get recognition by getting more hits on a thread – which looks good but imagine having to go through the frustration of reading a 3oo-page long thread just to find an answer):D
The original date of the ROM does help!!

This is just an observation with suggestions. Please do not bite.

•New ROM
Wouldn’t it be appropriate if there was a dating convention followed by the ROM name and version?
(e.g.: (MMMM/dd/yyyy) xyz v1 xxx)

•Bugs Fixes
However, if there was or were bug(s) correction the same thread title could be updated to:
(e.g.: (MMMM/dd/yyyy) xyz v1xxx Updated MMMM/dd/yyyy)

•Major changes or fixes
Going forward, we will have major fixes or add-ons in a ROM that will result in the following:
(e.g.: (MMMM/dd/yyyy) xyz v1.1 xxx)

I think this would help with searches for ROMs and hopefully avoid new thread created by NOOBs like me complaining or reporting bugs about a specific ROM

[smuook]

Is this a joke?

[smuook]

Dude, I'm not going to flame you... heck, I'm not even a chef.

But if I was I would name my baby what ever I wanted.

[tricsio]

Dude, I'm not going to flame you... heck, I'm not even a chef.

But if I was I would name my baby what ever I wanted.

Suggestion suggestion suggestion.. Sorry if that offends anyone. Yes to xda I am a noob but not to the development world.
I think making it easy for other to find is appropriate

[roos_t]

Dude, I'm not going to flame you... heck, I'm not even a chef.

But if I was I would name my baby what ever I wanted.
The chefs can name their roms whatever they wish, smuook. It's just, tricsio suggests to include some kind of categorization, such as he himself proposed in his post.

[smuook]

Suggestion suggestion suggestion.. Sorry if that offends anyone. Yes to xda I am a noob but not to the development world.
I think making it easy for other to find is appropriate

Point taken.

[tricsio]

Please shutdown the thread if this is not well received or found not to be a fit. I apologize for having a view

[redbandana]

Please shutdown the thread if this is not well received or found not to be a fit. I apologize for having a view

You make a valid point as it makes sense to me but the chefs (wish I could understand cooking a bit better) can do whatever they like as they produce excitement and great roms for all of us and themselves.

[met3ora]

I agree with your point. Hopefully chef's will go along with it, as I agree it would make browsing the threads a bit easier.

[smuook]

It's not a bad idea... and it's worthy of discussion. My bluntness in my first comments were not intended to shut down the conversation. If chef's want to weigh in on this they can... Usually the first three or so posts the most chefs make in their thread gives everything you need to know about the ROM. I'm pretty much on this board every day... although I do more reading than posting. So I guess I just know who the chef's are... and usually what kind of ROMs they make and develop. btw, there's been a lot of new ones (new to Kaiser that is) putting out great ROMs so maybe they would be up for this idea... I guess you just have to ask them.

[richabi]

it is a good concept but i doubt that every chef will abide by it. be nice if they did.

[monx®]

it is a good concept but i doubt that every chef will abide by it. be nice if they did.

very good point (this guy really kick my (_)(_)) but he didnt point to me right? :p we just to make sure our rom is still in one thread if there is no major changes | richabi, ur avatar is really good. five star!

[f1ip]

I've been seeing some really bad file naming recently.

makes it harder to keep up what's actually new and updated.
If people can just keep the same filename and add something else at the end if there is a fix or update.

Also avoid adding special characters to a filename. eg. @ROMEOS_v3_5.zip
should just have letters, numbers, period (.), underscore (_), hyphen (-) should be acceptable.

This also makes things easier to search and get better results.

[mbarvian]

I've been seeing some really bad file naming recently.

makes it harder to keep up what's actually new and updated.
If people can just keep the same filename and add something else at the end if there is a fix or update.

Also avoid adding special characters to a filename. eg. @ROMEOS_v3_5.zip
should just have letters, numbers, period (.), underscore (_), hyphen (-) should be acceptable.

This also makes things easier to search and get better results.

ok, now that one was pointed at you:p

[f1ip]

ok, now that one was pointed at you:p

had to.. :p

i can point out HyperDragon rom too.. but most of his files are ok. just has the habit of updating files but not the filename.

[monx®]

had to.. :p

i can point out HyperDragon rom too.. but most of his files are ok. just has the habit of updating files but not the filename.

hehe :D noted. actually the zip is following my working folder. yesterday so sleepy & tired so didnt change the name to Angelina Jolie :p

[dwny]

Who gives a _ _ _ _ what a Rom is called...., you'd still flash it.

The 1st 3 pages of the Rom thread is MORE than enough for you to figure out which Rom is which.

Even if there was some type of standardization with the names of the Roms, some dip-_ _ _ _ would still get confused and start a dumbass thread!

[Nick Collision]

I think the original poster has a very valid point.

Some recently posted ROMS are posted, then that particular ROM significantly modified and posted under the same topic without a version increment or date increment.

Others have modifications and only the topic is changed and not the date IN the topic. We have also seen ROMS released in under other Chefs topics simply because it was based on the prior Chefs ROM, which makes for a total clusterfuck.

A suggested ROM naming convention IMHO would be welcome. Dutty has done a great job in organizing his releases, as has L26. I'm not suggesting the mods enforce a consistent naming convention or anything, just asking that a defacto standard be recommended.

[stickydonkey]

My 2c worth on this and to me, more relevant. What makes browsing/searching these threads on this fantastic forum very difficult and frustrating, is the "Senior Members" getting grumpy and flaming junior members and noobs for asking dumb questions. We all have to start somewhere, and its easy for those in the know to say "SEARCH THE F...G FORUMS" but with your flaming generating an extra 40 pages of text for us to search through, per thread, YOU are making it MORE difficult for us to find what we need in the first place! If you kids don't like the question, IGNORE IT and save EVERYONE else the extra 40 pages of CRAP to sift through. If possible, even DELETE the really dumb posts. That would give the dumb question askers a good message! So, delete this post if you will... use it, don't use it... I'm expecting some immature nerd freak to flame me on this... :D

[schizo]

Great idea, and it's actually quite standard in everywhere else. Ind I think that it might be a standard here, at least, was. But then when time goes and more users coming, standards are getting relaxed and forgotten as practices.

IMHO, this idea is valid not only for ROMs but also for CABs and all related files/attachments.

But again, it's up to the Chefs, whether they want to abide to this or not. Even I must say, that if they follow this, it will show that they have a class/standard on their own. Which will make them more respectful to this community.

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Another fine example that not all noobs are only giving stupid and silly ideas. Actually, you can say that many noobs are not so noobs at all!

[tricsio]

There may have been some confusion with the title and the content of the post. The only issue that I was trying to address here is the date and addendums. – I am not asking for the chefs to change their ways. I do have great respect for the chefs and I am sure they sometimes, get annoyed by reports of bugs already fixed (say for instance on a ROM that has already been updated but kept under the same thread). A chef can name his/her ROM whatever!!! This is just an observation not a forced policy.

[rajmagi]

There may have been some confusion with the title and the content of the post. The only issue that I was trying to address here is the date and addendums. – I am not asking for the chefs to change their ways. I do have great respect for the chefs and I am sure they sometimes, get annoyed by reports of bugs already fixed (say for instance on a ROM that has already been updated but kept under the same thread). A chef can name his/her ROM whatever!!! This is just an observation not a forced policy.

hmm maybe name-ing is ok ... coz lately some (or a.. ... hehe) use same name for different release... yes it confuse some (can be seen on inside the thread it self) ... but its their own style anyway .... just live with it until they change it ... :D

btw my opinion is that not giving a new thread means no new thread and easier to keep update on the rom progress it self ...

cmiiw

[iXiR]

Agreed, good point.
In most cases it's all crystal clear, but so now and then it's getting very confusing. If that happens, I quit reading and go to another thread...

I think it won't hurt if the chefs could take this proposed naming convention in consideration.

[f1ip]

here's (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=408430) a really bad example...

wtf is this.. "with drivers!.rar"
and "lite_radio.rar"

At least try to put their Rom names and version# on it.. :eek:

[acehole]

I guess I could rename the file as I downloaded it if I had a problem with versions.
l26 and dutty used passwords, with the passwords listed in the post.
Yet people would still ask what the password was.
Personally it doesn't matter to me. I am grateful for their contributions.

Maybe a download area would be helpful instead of numerous links to links to files.