Thanks for highlighting this- yes, there are quite a few other projects named bake. The internet is a big place, and while that means that it's almost impossible to come up with a name that's not already in use, the likelihood of running into each other is also small. In other words: I don't see this as a big problem unless one of the "bakes" becomes really big (like CMake big).
So what is the chance of this happening? Lets look at the list you provided:
- some aren't (C/C++) buildsystems (hackage::bake, bitbake, cake bake).
- some projects are dead (linuxrocks123/bake, openhub.net/bake-build, nsnam.org/bake)
- some projects are almost dead (esrlabs/bake)
That leaves one active project, which is Bakefile, which is not a build system but a makefile generator akin to premake. Bakefile (not bake) has a very different front-end (a bkl file) and different intent, so the potential for confusion is not big. IMO the internet is big enough for two different projects with a similar name :-)
Worst case the similarity in names makes it harder for me to get traction, but that's ok really. For me bake is a means to an end, and by no means the most important thing I'm working on. Would I enjoy it if people adopt it? Sure. But it's not the end of the world if that doesn't happen.
So what is the chance of this happening? Lets look at the list you provided:
- some aren't (C/C++) buildsystems (hackage::bake, bitbake, cake bake).
- some projects are dead (linuxrocks123/bake, openhub.net/bake-build, nsnam.org/bake)
- some projects are almost dead (esrlabs/bake)
That leaves one active project, which is Bakefile, which is not a build system but a makefile generator akin to premake. Bakefile (not bake) has a very different front-end (a bkl file) and different intent, so the potential for confusion is not big. IMO the internet is big enough for two different projects with a similar name :-)
Worst case the similarity in names makes it harder for me to get traction, but that's ok really. For me bake is a means to an end, and by no means the most important thing I'm working on. Would I enjoy it if people adopt it? Sure. But it's not the end of the world if that doesn't happen.