From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ricardo Wurmus Subject: Re: =?utf-8?Q?dmd=E2=80=99s?= new name Date: Fri, 08 Jan 2016 05:21:35 +0100 Message-ID: <87poxc4s6o.fsf@elephly.net> References: <54F78214.4040908@digitalmars.com> <877fufk02r.fsf@gnu.org> <87twmpnlw5.fsf_-_@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52593) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHOYf-0001Vj-5X for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:21:50 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHOYe-0006YC-37 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 07 Jan 2016 23:21:49 -0500 In-reply-to: <87twmpnlw5.fsf_-_@gnu.org> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Ludovic Courtès writes: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > >> Walter Bright skribis: >> >>> The D programming language compiler has been called dmd since about >>> 2000 or so. In order to avoid confusion, may I request that the Gnu >>> dmd ("Daemons-managing Daemon") change its acronym? >> >> For the record, GNU’s dmd has been around since ~2003¹. >> >> Changing names is obviously an annoyance, technically and otherwise. >> We’re not opposed to the idea, but that would take a bit more discussion >> among developers. > > You might remember this discussion from March 2015. > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-03/msg00176.html > > I proposed to Richard Stallman that we change the name to “GNUShepherd” > and recently got the green light. > > Rationale: > > 1. A shepherd looks after sheep (or gnus ;-)), and GNUdmd looks after > daemons. > > 2. “Shepherd” ends with a ‘d’, which makes it a good name for a daemon. > > 3. It’s a pun in the same spirit as “GNU Hurd”. > > 4. We might even rename ‘deco’ to ‘herd’ because it’s the very command > that allows users to herd their daemons. > > Hope you like it. :-) I do! I’m happy this issue has been solved. It’s also nice that “shepherd” can be pronounced and is not another abbreviation that has to be spelled out. ~~ Ricardo