Re: Solid modeling in Guile

[Matthew Keeter <matt.j.keeter@gmail.com>]

How about ao-cad?  That should be pretty unambiguous.

-Matt

On Sep 22, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> wrote:

> Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org> writes:
> 
>> Matthew Keeter <matt.j.keeter@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> I wrote a computer-aided design (CAD) tool that you may find interesting.
>>> 
>>> It’s a solid modeling tool that uses Guile scripts to define objects (and
>>> constructive solid geometry + functional representations under the hood).
>> 
>> Sounds very interesting!
>> 
>>> Project page:  http://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/ao/
>>> Source:  https://github.com/mkeeter/ao
>> 
>> The names 'ao' and 'libao' are already taken by a widely-used cross
>> platform audio library.  See http://www.xiph.org/ao/
> 
> Following up to myself: the problem here is that since 'ao' is already
> taken, distributions wishing to include your package will need to invent
> a new name.  It might be better for you to choose that new name, to
> prevent a situation where each distro picks a different name, which
> would be rather confusing for users wishing to install your package.
> 
> To make this more concrete, I would like to add your package to GNU
> Guix, where 'ao' is the aforementioned audio library.  What name shall
> I choose for your package?
> 
>       Mark