-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlow5i0ACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYXRQCfej4VuR39ncCZeIQf+m3DbTIV TvUAn3XttenUAYv9TR3Hi5DqpQaiw702 =YeCC -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----