Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-16 Thread Christos Georgiou
On 11 Mar 2006 03:22:42 -0800, rumours say that "Paul Boddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> might have written: >Tim Churches wrote: >> Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? [Paul] >So should a service for finding Python packages have a distinct >identity? It is possible

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-12 Thread Steve Holden
Bertrand Mansion wrote: > On 3/12/06, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Look at the 'tadpoles' (i don't really think it's tadpoles really... >>but i'll bite for now), >>notice that it is a + sign, which we also always associate with life, >>and health (red cross comes to mind). Py

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Bertrand Mansion
On 3/12/06, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Look at the 'tadpoles' (i don't really think it's tadpoles really... > but i'll bite for now), > notice that it is a + sign, which we also always associate with life, > and health (red cross comes to mind). Python > is a healthy languag

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Andrew Gwozdziewycz
> > Tadpoles ( http://python.org/images/python-logo.gif ) are immature > frogs. If we keep the logo, we can change the name of the language to > "frog". Then the eggs would be found in lilypad.frog.org . I > personally > do not like this choice but it would have the virtue of consistency. > (Did

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Torsten Bronger
Hallöchen! "Michael Tobis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [...] > > Pythons build no nests. Their eggs are found in coils. coil.python.org > ? Better eggs.python.org. Would support the spread of the new file format, too. Tschö, Torsten. -- Torsten Bronger, aquisgrana, europa vetus

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Michael Tobis
I like cheeseshop just fine, but have been a Monty Python fan since they appeared on the CBC in, I think, 1969. I'm one of those people who is always surprised when a MP bon mot is greeted with confusion and the suspicion that I have finally lost my mind altogether. So... If we are moving to the s

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Scott David Daniels
Just wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:30:43 +1100, Tim Churches >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: >>> Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? >> I

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Kay Schluehr
Paul Boddie wrote: > Tim Churches wrote: > > Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? > > Well, you could replay the conversation I gave as an example elsewhere > to see if it sounds ridiculous or not, but what we've encountered here > is the problem of whether someth

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Paul Boddie
Tim Churches wrote: > Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? Well, you could replay the conversation I gave as an example elsewhere to see if it sounds ridiculous or not, but what we've encountered here is the problem of whether something should be given a distincti

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-11 Thread Just
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 13:30:43 +1100, Tim Churches > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? > > > I think I'd

Re: Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-10 Thread Tim Churches
Tim Churches wrote: > Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? > > That's a cheery, upbeat name, there are overtones of commerce or filthy > lucre, I meant "no overtones", mea culpa. Tim C -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Cheese Shop -> BSOL?

2006-03-10 Thread Tim Churches
Would it be possible to rename "Cheese Shop" as "Bright Side of Life"? That's a cheery, upbeat name, there are overtones of commerce or filthy lucre, it is a clear reference to one of the Monty Python crew's greatest works, it can be easily abbreviated to BSOL (to avoid confusion with BSL for bloo