Where did the Jenkins in Jenkins CI come from?

vmccord · 10-13-2014, 01:54 PM

One of our developers asked me today where the name Jenkins name came from. I read how Jenkins was first called Hudson and that Hudson was trademarked by Oracle, but that doesn't explain where the name Jenkins came from. Anyone know?

Habitual · 10-13-2014, 02:06 PM

wikipedia not sufficient?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins...are%29#History says
On February 1, 2011, Oracle said that they intended to continue development of Hudson, and considered Jenkins a fork rather than a rename.[13] Jenkins and Hudson therefore continue as two independent projects, each claiming the other is the fork.

vmccord · 10-13-2014, 02:10 PM

Yes, I read Wikipedia. I wasn't particularly clear in my question. Who is/was Jenkins? Where did the project name come from?