D Shared Software System name change vote

Ary Manzana ary at esperanto.org.ar
Fri Nov 17 02:48:16 PST 2006


Chris Nicholson-Sauls escribió:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
>> Some people have voiced dislike of my choice of the name 'dsss' for 
>> DSSS' binary, because it's difficult to type repeatedly.
>>
>> I'm taking suggestions/votes for a new name, before DSSS is old enough 
>> that it's beaten into anyone's heads.  This name only covers the 
>> binary, the actual system is still going to be the D Shared Software 
>> System.
>>
>>  - Gregor Richards
> 
> Personally, I don't mind the name as it is.  Plus, I like it when a 
> suite's binary has the same name as the suite itself.  But: how feasible 
> might it be to design DSSS's binary such that the actual name of it 
> doesn't matter?  Maybe that would be better for some.  Or not, I really 
> don't know.
> 
> Since this is supposed to be suggestions, how about:
> 
> dmand -- as in the 'ondmand' suggestion already made, but a bit shorter
> dmerge -- as in 'emerge' on Gentoo... ;)  Probably /too/ similar for 
> safety, though
> dport -- as in 'portage' ... but that's not exactly right
> desire -- *shrug*
> dsc -- D.S.SS C.lient?  (Reminds me of a time when 'Mango' was 'D Server 
> Classes'.)
> dvn -- as in D-VersioN, parody of SubVersioN
> dsoft -- *shrug*

How many words starting with d!

Another one is dserve. You can see it as "deserve" or "d-serve" :-P



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