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Re: Rename GNU fdisk to GUILE diskutils
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tomas |
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Re: Rename GNU fdisk to GUILE diskutils |
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Wed, 13 Dec 2017 09:34:53 +0100 |
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 10:01:41PM -0200, David Pirotte wrote:
> Hi Christian,
>
> > >> IMHO the programming language/compiler a utility is written with is an
> > >> implementation detail that should not manifest itself in the utility's
> > >> name. In this case, I think "GNU Distutils" would be better.
>
> > > "GNU Diskutils"
>
> > > 1+
> > > David
>
> > I'm sorry but I do not agree. Guile is not an implementation detail in
> > this case. It means that the package is based on Guile. It's like xterm
> > (a terminal for x window), gnome-terminal (a terminal based on the GNOME
> > framework) and so on.
>
> It is, by definition, an implementation detail [...]
I strongly agree. You don't call "ls" "C ls", or "nroff" "Shell nroff",
or "automake" "Perl automake". This somewhat conveys that "if you aren't
a Pythonista (or whatever), this program is not for you".
But hey, I'm not the author :-)
Cheers
- -- t
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