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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS
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Martin Braun |
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Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS |
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Wed, 23 Dec 2015 10:02:16 -0800 |
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On 23.12.2015 09:28, Stefan Wunsch wrote:
> I don't want to destroy your idea, but GRAB sounds like CRAP as well and
> you can think of the associated sentences ;)
'grab' is also a very common english verb, so I think people would be
able to distinguish. It also sounds like 'crab' if you like :)
M
>
> On 12/22/2015 09:31 PM, Richard Bell wrote:
>> GRAB = Gnu RAdio Basic installer
>>
>> Then we can say things like "Go GRAB it" when referring to a needed module
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Martin Braun <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There's been some demand to rename PyBOMBS, and now that we're
>>> re-releasing it, this is a good time to think about it. Complaints about
>>> the name include:
>>>
>>> - It may or may not be true that people have been detained by TSA for
>>> working on PyBOMBS at the airport[1]
>>> - The name suggests a Python-related packages (like Pylint, PyPI...)
>>> rather than a GNU Radio-related tool
>>> - People can't agree on a capitalization
>>> - No one can remember what the acronym stands for
>>>
>>> Sure, this is not a critical thing, but now's a good chance to bring it
>>> up and also, this is not a joke :)
>>>
>>> Here's how we're going to do this:
>>>
>>> - Please suggest new names in this thread.
>>> - I will choose from those names based on 'can I live with this name',
>>> 100% subjectively.
>>> - New names will be put up for a vote. This will include an option to
>>> keep the old name.
>>> - Finally, the result of the vote will be used as a strong suggestion on
>>> what the new name will be.
>>>
>>> There already have been some suggestions:
>>>
>>> - gromit -- the GNU Radio out-of-tree module installation tool
>>> - the groot
>>> - grpm -- the GNU Radio package manager
>>>
>>>
>>> OK guys, bring up the ideas!
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> [1] It's not.
>>>
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- [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Martin Braun, 2015/12/22
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Richard Bell, 2015/12/22
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Matt Ettus, 2015/12/22
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Stefan Wunsch, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Richard Bell, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Tim O'Shea, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Richard Bell, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Tim O'Shea, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Richard Bell, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Tim Newman, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Iluta V, 2015/12/23
- Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Renaming PyBOMBS, Philip Balister, 2015/12/23