diff --git a/addons/l10n_cr/__openerp__.py b/addons/l10n_cr/__openerp__.py
index 942f1dd7fbd824c909fe17f5c1387c69f08d55c6..e5a8e317a5d21d62dde5a137d64fdcf6d9465c55 100644
--- a/addons/l10n_cr/__openerp__.py
+++ b/addons/l10n_cr/__openerp__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 ##############################################################################
 #
-#    __openerp__.py
 #    l10n_cr_account
 #    First author: Carlos Vásquez <carlos.vasquez@clearcorp.co.cr> (ClearCorp S.A.)
 #    Copyright (c) 2010-TODAY ClearCorp S.A. (http://clearcorp.co.cr). All rights reserved.
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/addon-structure.txt b/addons/web/doc/addon-structure.txt
index 3815174965178f04168d729f57d66f5abfedcdaa..19b38689641fac01c6f48374d12abf5f01856a02 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/addon-structure.txt
+++ b/addons/web/doc/addon-structure.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <addon name>
-  +-- __openerp__.py
+  +-- __manifest__.py
   +-- controllers/
   +-- static/
        +-- lib/
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module.rst b/addons/web/doc/module.rst
index 7971a9197809517c72405906d2ed44da6127dafb..ffbe90d09337e67eb1cab922dffc9d8f6ef7a913 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module.rst
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module.rst
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 
 .. queue:: module/series
 
-Building an OpenERP Web module
-==============================
+Building a Web module
+=====================
 
-There is no significant distinction between an OpenERP Web module and
-an OpenERP module, the web part is mostly additional data and code
-inside a regular OpenERP module. This allows providing more seamless
+There is no significant distinction between a Web module and
+a regular module, the web part is mostly additional data and code
+inside a regular module. This allows providing more seamless
 features by integrating your module deeper into the web client.
 
 A Basic Module
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ A very basic OpenERP module structure will be our starting point:
 
     web_example
     ├── __init__.py
-    └── __openerp__.py
+    └── __manifest__.py
 
 .. patch::
 
-This is a sufficient minimal declaration of a valid OpenERP module.
+This is a sufficient minimal declaration of a valid module.
 
 Web Declaration
 ---------------
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ module is automatically recognized as "web-enabled" if it contains a
 
     web_example
     ├── __init__.py
-    ├── __openerp__.py
+    ├── __manifest__.py
     └── static
 
 is the extent of it. You should also change the dependency to list
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/0 b/addons/web/doc/module/0
index 16762e1afd0591ba982665f6969215caa585ab9b..17b70a861976f18399f9afa5e02d5bb593b973b8 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/0
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/0
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 
 diff --git a/__init__.py b/__init__.py
 new file mode 100644
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
 new file mode 100644
 --- /dev/null
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
-+# __openerp__.py
++# __manifest__.py
 +{
 +    'name': "Web Example",
 +    'description': "Basic example of a (future) web module",
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/11 b/addons/web/doc/module/11
index fc4225afaa653ef9c316b524e2fe808a305e3bef..889ee98e801373e8e07b5e98f1818f0dd5838583 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/11
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/11
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 3ed382d9a8fe64fbb8e2bf4045e3fcd5c74c92bc
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
---- a/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
+--- a/__manifest__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
      'depends': ['web'],
      'data': ['web_example.xml'],
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/12 b/addons/web/doc/module/12
index 9a2982e7d200b7f074ea95b5a8b4745b2b497bd1..85c931c33b2847a71cea3bf0ba515c38df166965 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/12
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/12
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 43f21611dacb7c2b2f3810baeeef359ad7c329f0
 
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
---- a/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
+--- a/__manifest__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
      'data': ['web_example.xml'],
      'js': ['static/src/js/first_module.js'],
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/2 b/addons/web/doc/module/2
index 08becf416025730ecce7b0b6dd7808b29b609079..7d8e9f055970145fd2567900a79aecc65277e4aa 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/2
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/2
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 8a986919a3e22cd7cca51210820c09d4545dc60d
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
---- a/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
+--- a/__manifest__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
      'name': "Web Example",
      'description': "Basic example of a (future) web module",
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/24 b/addons/web/doc/module/24
index 9dcf9e18cf5b63977ec3775291e106a2e3893433..0972e85604213e40a018291b1f80ecfbdde24bf8 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/24
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/24
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: web_example/__openerp__.py
+Index: web_example/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- web_example.orig/__openerp__.py
-+++ web_example/__openerp__.py
+--- web_example.orig/__manifest__.py
++++ web_example/__manifest__.py
 @@ -8,4 +8,5 @@
      'js': ['static/src/js/first_module.js'],
      'css': ['static/src/css/web_example.css'],
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/4 b/addons/web/doc/module/4
index 55535fe57da15b2443419f7afbfe4159f79ff8e6..99c073d672ab7412988c8a2041b5db455bd7ddb2 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/4
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/4
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 139dae60de67efa0017f5032f71ab774685c5507
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
---- a/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
+--- a/__manifest__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -4,4 +4,5 @@
      'description': "Basic example of a (future) web module",
      'category': 'Hidden',
diff --git a/addons/web/doc/module/6 b/addons/web/doc/module/6
index f2c6a8762e7c93dd0f3a59c39e80bd93b5bd2b55..3a1232fa51c2c4a783ca92baff44c810bee0a63d 100644
--- a/addons/web/doc/module/6
+++ b/addons/web/doc/module/6
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 0026cb80097a724db8d36371bc00da993a51a06f
 
-diff --git a/__openerp__.py b/__openerp__.py
---- a/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/__manifest__.py b/__manifest__.py
+--- a/__manifest__.py
++++ b/__manifest__.py
 @@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
      'description': "Basic example of a (future) web module",
      'category': 'Hidden',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend.rst b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
index 4904c64618d82f858c52103276f126fd2222117a..b362624a27419ddb5d23c27c0f5435d846df008c 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend.rst
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ action more easily.
 
         #. Create ``openacademy/views/openacademy.xml`` with an action and
            the menus triggering the action
-        #. Add it to the ``data`` list of ``openacademy/__openerp__.py``
+        #. Add it to the ``data`` list of ``openacademy/__manifest__.py``
 
         .. patch::
 
@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ instead of a single view its ``arch`` field is composed of any number of
        #. Create a file ``openacademy/partner.py`` and import it in
           ``__init__.py``
        #. Create a file ``openacademy/views/partner.xml`` and add it to
-          ``__openerp__.py``
+          ``__manifest__.py``
 
        .. patch::
 
@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ rights are usually created by a CSV file named after its model:
            hold the OpenAcademy Manager group
         #. Edit the file ``openacademy/security/ir.model.access.csv`` with
            the access rights to the models
-        #. Finally update ``openacademy/__openerp__.py`` to add the new data
+        #. Finally update ``openacademy/__manifest__.py`` to add the new data
            files to it
 
         .. patch::
@@ -1688,7 +1688,7 @@ Dashboards
            .. note:: Available dashboard styles are ``1``, ``1-1``, ``1-2``,
                      ``2-1`` and ``1-1-1``
 
-        #. Update ``openacademy/__openerp__.py`` to reference the new data
+        #. Update ``openacademy/__manifest__.py`` to reference the new data
            file
 
         .. patch::
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-access-rights b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-access-rights
index 552afd72bd6aed2b6c2db26747f58ab0d5056163..e653cbadcd5c62892474a7e3b427ed94088af6ff 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-access-rights
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-access-rights
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 303a5f4f011822dcb42b5833d579eabd3f03f4bf
 
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- addons.orig/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:18.143783102 +0200
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:18.135783102 +0200
+--- addons.orig/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:18.143783102 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:18.135783102 +0200
 @@ -25,7 +25,8 @@
  
      # always loaded
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-basic-action b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-basic-action
index ac84e344d6a57900477b5d7e80c72640e0c76660..f5e5e9be9d53933374ed86a9ee18d42fc1097147 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-basic-action
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-basic-action
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 16e4cb131d9f7f3a72a8a1b0bc46c2ce9ac76435
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- addons.orig/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:53.519783468 +0200
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:53.511783468 +0200
+--- addons.orig/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:53.519783468 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:53.511783468 +0200
 @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
      'data': [
          # 'security/ir.model.access.csv',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-creation b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-creation
index 6325efeb2265267d95a1260abd8b9724190e2e48..80911aa160eb273bb256e8e5e2dc8557793c63cf 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-creation
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-creation
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:49.787783523 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:25:49.787783523 +0200
 @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
 +# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 +{
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-dashboard b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-dashboard
index bf175edc7d381f327a0348e4045abd3dbced8801..b10924796692cac04fd4d1f1f83432c8ef57b6cb 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-dashboard
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-dashboard
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent 643813940cbea07bec792f9e1c60022a9292fa90
 
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- addons.orig/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:21.535783052 +0200
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:21.531783052 +0200
+--- addons.orig/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:21.535783052 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:21.531783052 +0200
 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
      'version': '0.1',
  
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-model-inheritance b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-model-inheritance
index a3529403d55e701f2a2511157d36aaff27022439..941ce0442df989dd0ebb427d1d9ff027f5798b36 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-model-inheritance
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-model-inheritance
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ Index: addons/openacademy/__init__.py
  from . import controllers
  from . import models
 +from . import partner
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- addons.orig/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:01.227783353 +0200
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:01.223783354 +0200
+--- addons.orig/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:01.227783353 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-26 17:26:01.223783354 +0200
 @@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
          # 'security/ir.model.access.csv',
          'templates.xml',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-report b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-report
index 43055c7a8dbad2e4b76279f5a3ccf519e09ec923..b06e3fbf6eeba3240e83c8c33ff9104fa28cf194 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-report
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-report
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # HG changeset patch
 # Parent c140f0a861a08881d8737bca0ffb83904a2059a3
 
-Index: addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+Index: addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 ===================================================================
---- addons.orig/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-29 08:39:43.975536806 +0200
-+++ addons/openacademy/__openerp__.py	2014-08-29 08:39:52.000000000 +0200
+--- addons.orig/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-29 08:39:43.975536806 +0200
++++ addons/openacademy/__manifest__.py	2014-08-29 08:39:52.000000000 +0200
 @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
          'views/openacademy.xml',
          'views/partner.xml',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-state-workflow b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-state-workflow
index 062f8b46a6b31d27db6acb89c3d543b3f3814317..6178913d164f002cfa0e526358366ed046e7b784 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-state-workflow
+++ b/doc/howtos/backend/exercise-state-workflow
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent c72382bf0c5794135fa318f6ba59899b2277d8c5
 # Parent  82f902dbb7aab4d3ddd9caaa9170536afa9d274d
 
-diff --git a/openacademy/__openerp__.py b/openacademy/__openerp__.py
---- a/openacademy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/openacademy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/openacademy/__manifest__.py b/openacademy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/openacademy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/openacademy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
          'templates.xml',
          'views/openacademy.xml',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/themes.rst b/doc/howtos/themes.rst
index cce149a847f20d711291af14a3772b7242715e75..a3a3b18212fe8c4433a56b5d49549dd90d97dc25 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/themes.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/themes.rst
@@ -205,9 +205,9 @@ Odoo’s themes are packaged like modules. Even if you are designing a very simp
   Create a folder and name it like this: ``theme_`` followed by your
   theme's name.
 
-``__openerp__.py``
+``__manifest__.py``
   Create an empty document and save it to your folder as
-  ``__openerp__.py``. This will contain the configuration info for
+  ``__manifest__.py``. This will contain the configuration info for
   your theme.
 
 ``__init__.py``
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ The final result should be something like this:
 
 .. image:: theme_tutorial_assets/img/folder.jpg
 
-Edit ``__openerp__.py``
+Edit ``__manifest__.py``
 -----------------------
 
-Open the ``__openerp__.py`` you created and copy/paste the following:
+Open the ``__manifest__.py`` you created and copy/paste the following:
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ target css rules to that element and avoid these affecting other content on the
 The second xpath will add a welcome message just after the navigation menu.
 
 The last step is to add layout.xml to the list of xml files used by
-the theme. To do that, edit your ``__openerp__.py`` file like this
+the theme. To do that, edit your ``__manifest__.py`` file like this
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ can fill with snippets. To achieve this, just create a ``div`` with
 
    You can create as many snippet areas as you like and place them anywhere in your pages.
 
-Our page is almost ready. Now all we have to do is add **pages.xml** in our **__openerp__.py** file
+Our page is almost ready. Now all we have to do is add **pages.xml** in our **__manifest__.py** file
 
 .. code-block:: python
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ assets*".
 Placing it after the last one, we ensure that our file will
 be loaded at the end and take priority.
 
-Finally add **assets.xml** in your **__openerp__.py** file.
+Finally add **assets.xml** in your **__manifest__.py** file.
 
 Update your theme
 
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ the attribute will automatically be applied to the element.
 Since ``select_class`` method avoids multiple selections, the last "empty"
 option will reset the snippet to default.
 
-Add **options.xml** to ``__openerp__.py`` and update your theme.
+Add **options.xml** to ``__manifest__.py`` and update your theme.
 
 .. image:: theme_tutorial_assets/img/restart.png
 
diff --git a/doc/howtos/web.rst b/doc/howtos/web.rst
index d58091e964e60f9b2e68122c34678af995176323..9c99b02d2ce0fa4906befe903f3a61a9ce45ae98 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/web.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/web.rst
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ If you browse the ``petstore`` folder, you should see the following content:
     |   `-- mice.jpg
     |-- __init__.py
     |-- oepetstore.message_of_the_day.csv
-    |-- __openerp__.py
+    |-- __manifest__.py
     |-- petstore_data.xml
     |-- petstore.py
     |-- petstore.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ sub-folders are conventional and not strictly necessary.
 
 Which only prints a small message in the browser's console.
 
-The files in the ``static`` folder, need to be defined within the module in order for them to be loaded correctly. Everything in ``src/xml`` is defined in ``__openerp__.py`` while the contents of ``src/css`` and ``src/js`` are defined in ``petstore.xml``, or a similar file.
+The files in the ``static`` folder, need to be defined within the module in order for them to be loaded correctly. Everything in ``src/xml`` is defined in ``__manifest__.py`` while the contents of ``src/css`` and ``src/js`` are defined in ``petstore.xml``, or a similar file.
 
 .. warning::
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ The files in the ``static`` folder, need to be defined within the module in orde
     This will reload the web client with optimizations disabled, making
     development and debugging significantly more comfortable.
 
-.. todo:: qweb files hooked via __openerp__.py, but js and CSS use bundles
+.. todo:: qweb files hooked via __manifest__.py, but js and CSS use bundles
 
 Odoo JavaScript Module
 ======================
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website.rst b/doc/howtos/website.rst
index 00391df0929e65f0a5c29f33c66a60de0f8f78ac..43c3a9a998a695f996f7063272d33ae97d1f3972 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website.rst
+++ b/doc/howtos/website.rst
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ own :ref:`QWeb <reference/qweb>` templating system which integrates with other
 features.
 
 Create a template and ensure the template file is registered in the
-``__openerp__.py`` manifest, and alter the controller to use our template:
+``__manifest__.py`` manifest, and alter the controller to use our template:
 
 .. patch::
 
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/basic-acl b/doc/howtos/website/basic-acl
index fa2483909e2c366f3fcd7f087302f2bfda47328a..c31576ce1592ccca2607bf69ac3f75ca86e470d6 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/basic-acl
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/basic-acl
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent 91c0cc5b319e7bf240d359817b8bd044769a4f5c
 # Parent  0a9ec16d98785205f25868bc23485569a1444cf3
 
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
---- a/academy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/academy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  
      # always loaded
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/course-product b/doc/howtos/website/course-product
index ce433605bafc0a9ba07f299468175cd44ad749e2..b6f9bfedff7a8140c003096f45f431b7717e7aaa 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/course-product
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/course-product
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent 2ee7212e5de4702dff08d9b5e4268e7dc261d038
 # Parent  4ca7b848bb60c3573de7ed41a28b4b65186a5725
 
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
---- a/academy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/academy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
          'security/ir.model.access.csv',
          'templates.xml',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/module-empty b/doc/howtos/website/module-empty
index 744dc7c9ab53bb15c6a68ac327d7326c3c5c0e26..8a144e05d0988b2272ac57c72205f7c5762eefeb 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/module-empty
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/module-empty
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ new file mode 100644
 +# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 +import controllers
 +import models
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
 new file mode 100644
 --- /dev/null
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
 +# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 +{
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/product-dependency b/doc/howtos/website/product-dependency
index 1998b8769848424e6de146939559929930bb7763..e835628a16d5ab9fb66ab85c8ef6df6f337778d0 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/product-dependency
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/product-dependency
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent 6106208621f01d5aea67727f09adf5c5b2a38642
 # Parent  ae97cfb61fd0e1a47727a9d8ed4a702116254eff
 
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
---- a/academy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/academy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
      'version': '0.1',
  
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/teachers-menu b/doc/howtos/website/teachers-menu
index da659bde1babd6f5b30a18e61a01a1e31d6daadd..27fd53b09aaac6041525b5d42685ea0e8d9b01b8 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/teachers-menu
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/teachers-menu
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent c8cc9e66a2701dad6589ff1d950e1cb7738d0854
 # Parent  44a09b8865d418cda8b7c46dfb70fadc86e22184
 
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
---- a/academy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/academy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
      'data': [
          'security/ir.model.access.csv',
diff --git a/doc/howtos/website/website-support b/doc/howtos/website/website-support
index 33b401c014485a6a6c6ae1e470c616f17f1d28b4..c3deb4f6896c2c7119e28b5dc51006816f899d6c 100644
--- a/doc/howtos/website/website-support
+++ b/doc/howtos/website/website-support
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Parent 7ae0db4c2ddf5d0f7f58db2af8976fcec905cc4e
 # Parent  06f959831b14dd5d2e0a57d3e14bf919e18f8e3a
 
-diff --git a/academy/__openerp__.py b/academy/__openerp__.py
---- a/academy/__openerp__.py
-+++ b/academy/__openerp__.py
+diff --git a/academy/__manifest__.py b/academy/__manifest__.py
+--- a/academy/__manifest__.py
++++ b/academy/__manifest__.py
 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
      'version': '0.1',
  
diff --git a/doc/reference/guidelines.rst b/doc/reference/guidelines.rst
index 5ae52963b42f23b51ce392ee64f8a62857e25202..8a1831c469db03231a1a38f4903c39180aed8340 100644
--- a/doc/reference/guidelines.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/guidelines.rst
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The complete tree should look like
 
     addons/<my_module_name>/
     |-- __init__.py
-    |-- __openerp__.py
+    |-- __manifest__.py
     |-- controllers/
     |   |-- __init__.py
     |   |-- <inherited_module_name>.py
diff --git a/doc/reference/module.rst b/doc/reference/module.rst
index d4ce37a1862452b52f8e529cb87edb004ae53f3d..010e10e20956a00fa622f626a62907446c1be716 100644
--- a/doc/reference/module.rst
+++ b/doc/reference/module.rst
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Manifest
 The manifest file serves to declare a python package as an Odoo module
 and to specify module metadata.
 
-It is a file called ``__openerp__.py`` and contains a single Python
+It is a file called ``__manifest__.py`` and contains a single Python
 dictionary, where each key specifies module metadatum.
 
 ::
diff --git a/odoo/cli/scaffold.py b/odoo/cli/scaffold.py
index bc5321a3b751e9b8b3d550472db2501152093961..83c2befe96c3bf77760fc5157473296fc2cab8a4 100644
--- a/odoo/cli/scaffold.py
+++ b/odoo/cli/scaffold.py
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ import jinja2
 
 from . import Command
 
-from odoo.modules.module import (get_module_root, MANIFEST, load_information_from_description_file as load_manifest)
-
-
 class Scaffold(Command):
     """ Generates an Odoo module skeleton. """
 
diff --git a/odoo/cli/start.py b/odoo/cli/start.py
index 690582241170b81bb3acf45d1288e4a4451f295a..043c411ad8de2a4b523963915597870e16350261 100644
--- a/odoo/cli/start.py
+++ b/odoo/cli/start.py
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import argparse
 import glob
+import itertools
 import os
 import sys
 
 from . import Command
 from .server import main
-from odoo.modules.module import get_module_root, MANIFEST
+from odoo.modules.module import get_module_root, MANIFEST_NAMES
 from odoo.service.db import _create_empty_database, DatabaseExists
 
 
@@ -15,10 +16,12 @@ class Start(Command):
     """Quick start the Odoo server for your project"""
 
     def get_module_list(self, path):
-        mods = glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*/%s' % MANIFEST))
+        mods = itertools.chain.from_iterable(
+            glob.glob(os.path.join(path, '*/%s' % mname))
+            for mname in MANIFEST_NAMES
+        )
         return [mod.split(os.path.sep)[-2] for mod in mods]
 
-
     def run(self, cmdargs):
         parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
             prog="%s start" % sys.argv[0].split(os.path.sep)[-1],
diff --git a/odoo/cli/templates/default/__openerp__.py.template b/odoo/cli/templates/default/__manifest__.py.template
similarity index 100%
rename from odoo/cli/templates/default/__openerp__.py.template
rename to odoo/cli/templates/default/__manifest__.py.template
diff --git a/odoo/cli/templates/theme/__openerp__.py.template b/odoo/cli/templates/theme/__manifest__.py.template
similarity index 100%
rename from odoo/cli/templates/theme/__openerp__.py.template
rename to odoo/cli/templates/theme/__manifest__.py.template
diff --git a/odoo/http.py b/odoo/http.py
index 5fd3c727a2f86ca2e0e23f24c4d61ff0303d3f02..1a78a9250bbc1e9ae4d13ffdadc03dc458e05c47 100644
--- a/odoo/http.py
+++ b/odoo/http.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import traceback
 import urllib2
 import urlparse
 import warnings
+from os.path import join as opj
 from zlib import adler32
 
 import babel.core
@@ -49,6 +50,8 @@ from odoo.service import security, model as service_model
 from odoo.tools.func import lazy_property
 from odoo.tools import ustr, consteq, frozendict
 
+from odoo.modules.module import module_manifest
+
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 rpc_request = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.rpc.request')
 rpc_response = logging.getLogger(__name__ + '.rpc.response')
@@ -1307,13 +1310,13 @@ class Root(object):
         controllers and configure them.  """
         # TODO should we move this to ir.http so that only configured modules are served ?
         statics = {}
-
         for addons_path in odoo.modules.module.ad_paths:
             for module in sorted(os.listdir(str(addons_path))):
                 if module not in addons_module:
-                    manifest_path = os.path.join(addons_path, module, '__openerp__.py')
-                    path_static = os.path.join(addons_path, module, 'static')
-                    if os.path.isfile(manifest_path) and os.path.isdir(path_static):
+                    mod_path = opj(addons_path, module)
+                    manifest_path = module_manifest(mod_path)
+                    path_static = opj(addons_path, module, 'static')
+                    if manifest_path and os.path.isdir(path_static):
                         manifest = ast.literal_eval(open(manifest_path).read())
                         if not manifest.get('installable', True):
                             continue
diff --git a/odoo/modules/module.py b/odoo/modules/module.py
index 01a830843b453b095a02b26e3e9718a8181cb0e9..66cbae460f0121129fe20fc6004bb20daf92fd42 100644
--- a/odoo/modules/module.py
+++ b/odoo/modules/module.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import odoo.tools as tools
 import odoo.release as release
 from odoo import SUPERUSER_ID, api
 
-MANIFEST = '__openerp__.py'
+MANIFEST_NAMES = ('__manifest__.py', '__openerp__.py')
 README = ['README.rst', 'README.md', 'README.txt']
 
 _logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -253,6 +253,14 @@ def get_module_icon(module):
         return ('/' + module + '/') + '/'.join(iconpath)
     return '/base/'  + '/'.join(iconpath)
 
+def module_manifest(path):
+    """Returns path to module manifest if one can be found under `path`, else `None`."""
+    if not path:
+        return None
+    for manifest_name in MANIFEST_NAMES:
+        if os.path.isfile(opj(path, manifest_name)):
+            return opj(path, manifest_name)
+
 def get_module_root(path):
     """
     Get closest module's root begining from path
@@ -273,8 +281,8 @@ def get_module_root(path):
 
     @return:  Module root path or None if not found
     """
-    while not os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, MANIFEST)):
-        new_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(path, os.pardir))
+    while not module_manifest(path):
+        new_path = os.path.abspath(opj(path, os.pardir))
         if path == new_path:
             return None
         path = new_path
@@ -285,58 +293,53 @@ def load_information_from_description_file(module, mod_path=None):
     :param module: The name of the module (sale, purchase, ...)
     :param mod_path: Physical path of module, if not providedThe name of the module (sale, purchase, ...)
     """
-
     if not mod_path:
         mod_path = get_module_path(module)
-    terp_file = mod_path and opj(mod_path, MANIFEST) or False
-    if terp_file:
-        info = {}
-        if os.path.isfile(terp_file):
-            # default values for descriptor
-            info = {
-                'application': False,
-                'author': 'Odoo S.A.',
-                'auto_install': False,
-                'category': 'Uncategorized',
-                'depends': [],
-                'description': '',
-                'icon': get_module_icon(module),
-                'installable': True,
-                'license': 'LGPL-3',
-                'post_load': None,
-                'version': '1.0',
-                'web': False,
-                'website': 'https://www.odoo.com',
-                'sequence': 100,
-                'summary': '',
-            }
-            info.update(itertools.izip(
-                'depends data demo test init_xml update_xml demo_xml'.split(),
-                iter(list, None)))
-
-            f = tools.file_open(terp_file)
-            try:
-                info.update(ast.literal_eval(f.read()))
-            finally:
-                f.close()
-
-            if not info.get('description'):
-                readme_path = [opj(mod_path, x) for x in README
-                               if os.path.isfile(opj(mod_path, x))]
-                if readme_path:
-                    readme_text = tools.file_open(readme_path[0]).read()
-                    info['description'] = readme_text
-
-            if 'active' in info:
-                # 'active' has been renamed 'auto_install'
-                info['auto_install'] = info['active']
-
-            info['version'] = adapt_version(info['version'])
-            return info
-
-    #TODO: refactor the logger in this file to follow the logging guidelines
-    #      for 6.0
-    _logger.debug('module %s: no %s file found.', module, MANIFEST)
+    manifest_file = module_manifest(mod_path)
+    if manifest_file:
+        # default values for descriptor
+        info = {
+            'application': False,
+            'author': 'Odoo S.A.',
+            'auto_install': False,
+            'category': 'Uncategorized',
+            'depends': [],
+            'description': '',
+            'icon': get_module_icon(module),
+            'installable': True,
+            'license': 'LGPL-3',
+            'post_load': None,
+            'version': '1.0',
+            'web': False,
+            'website': 'https://www.odoo.com',
+            'sequence': 100,
+            'summary': '',
+        }
+        info.update(itertools.izip(
+            'depends data demo test init_xml update_xml demo_xml'.split(),
+            iter(list, None)))
+
+        f = tools.file_open(manifest_file)
+        try:
+            info.update(ast.literal_eval(f.read()))
+        finally:
+            f.close()
+
+        if not info.get('description'):
+            readme_path = [opj(mod_path, x) for x in README
+                           if os.path.isfile(opj(mod_path, x))]
+            if readme_path:
+                readme_text = tools.file_open(readme_path[0]).read()
+                info['description'] = readme_text
+
+        if 'active' in info:
+            # 'active' has been renamed 'auto_install'
+            info['auto_install'] = info['active']
+
+        info['version'] = adapt_version(info['version'])
+        return info
+
+    _logger.debug('module %s: no manifest file found %s', module, MANIFEST_NAMES)
     return {}
 
 def load_openerp_module(module_name):
@@ -353,7 +356,6 @@ def load_openerp_module(module_name):
 
     initialize_sys_path()
     try:
-        mod_path = get_module_path(module_name)
         __import__('odoo.addons.' + module_name)
 
         # Call the module's post-load hook. This can done before any model or
@@ -382,9 +384,9 @@ def get_modules():
             return name
 
         def is_really_module(name):
-            manifest_name = opj(dir, name, MANIFEST)
-            zipfile_name = opj(dir, name)
-            return os.path.isfile(manifest_name)
+            for mname in MANIFEST_NAMES:
+                if os.path.isfile(opj(dir, name, mname)):
+                    return True
         return map(clean, filter(is_really_module, os.listdir(dir)))
 
     plist = []
diff --git a/odoo/tools/config.py b/odoo/tools/config.py
index 7c81652b68f835419e7149bcc1799b55ea732f6d..a4cbd9a043980b0aea2d0fed29315d2bf322a81d 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/config.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/config.py
@@ -458,12 +458,13 @@ class configmanager(object):
             odoo.conf.server_wide_modules = ['web','web_kanban']
 
     def _is_addons_path(self, path):
+        from odoo.modules.module import MANIFEST_NAMES
         for f in os.listdir(path):
             modpath = os.path.join(path, f)
             if os.path.isdir(modpath):
                 def hasfile(filename):
                     return os.path.isfile(os.path.join(modpath, filename))
-                if hasfile('__init__.py') and (hasfile('__openerp__.py') or hasfile('__terp__.py')):
+                if hasfile('__init__.py') and any(hasfile(mname) for mname in MANIFEST_NAMES):
                     return True
         return False