Re: [Gnu-arch-users] sftp rename?

[Miles Bader]

On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 10:04:35AM +0100, Thomas Zander wrote:
> In KDE3.2 the exact same service has been added but they called it 
> differently; they called it 'fish'. I'm pretty sure they have a good reason 
> to call it that and if you want I can find out why.
> 
> Point is that I think the sftp protocol naming in arch is confusing and I 
> think we should call it 'fish' instead.

Many people _do_ know the `proper' meaning of sftp, and would be extremely
confused if it was called `fish'.  In time I suppose you could educate people
to know what `fish' means, to the point where it wouldn't cause problems --
but you could do the same thing with `sftp', and it has a head start.

sftp also has the advantage that it actually makes some sense, so it's a lot
easier to remember than a completely arbitrary string.

[AFAIK, the other programs/protocols called `sftp' are very old and not
really used anymore, so I don't think there's any active competition for
the name, just the slow fading of years-old memories...]

-Miles
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