Re: Name

[Behan Webster <behanw@verisim.com>]

Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> 
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca> writes:
> 
> > Someone was talking about how GRUB might stand for Grand Unified Boot
> > Loader, it occured to me,
> >
> > GUMP
> >
> > Grand Unified Manager of Packages [ GUPM is too hard to say ]
> >
> > Might be a suitable name, we can have things like 'gp-get' and so on, it
> > has a nice abbreviation compared to trove and dusk.
> 
> Pretty cute, but do we want our package manager to be referred to as
> 'mentally challenged'? :)

GUMP is a cute name.  It also follows the GNU practice of prefacing
programs with a "G".

Some people might view it as 'mentally challenged', but remember that
the "Forrest Gump" movie was very popular.  People liked Mr Gump.

Another way of looking at it is that it is a program which is very
simple, does what it's told and gets the job done.  I'd say that pretty
well describes both Deity and Forrest Gump.  8)

I like it.  It's better than "trove", and I think I like it better than
"dusk" too.  What do you guys think.

Behan

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