Totally agreed. I think this is a really important point. It is very helpful to have a unique Googleable name, especially for beginners.
On 23 December 2015 at 10:16, Tim O'Shea <tim.oshea...@gmail.com> wrote: > IMO it is generally nice to have a > > unique googleable name for an application which doesn't result in five > trillion unrelated Google results. While short acronyms will have false > positives, names like "grab" or any standard English words are generally > bad choices from this point of view > Grpm and the like seem fairly unique - pybombs was a win by this measure > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015, 1:02 PM Martin Braun <martin.br...@ettus.com> wrote: > >> 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 <martin.br...@ettus.com >> > >> >> 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. >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> >>> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> >>> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> >> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >> > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss-gnuradio mailing list >> Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > Discuss-gnuradio@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > >
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