From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adam Pribyl Subject: =?ISO-8859-7?Q?Re=3A_dmd=A2s_new_name?= Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:06:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: References: <54F78214.4040908@digitalmars.com> <877fufk02r.fsf@gnu.org> <87twmpnlw5.fsf_-_@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463811484-386972293-1452243960=:5132" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54037) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHSzm-0006qw-Vv for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 04:06:07 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHSzi-0005vi-I3 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 04:06:06 -0500 Received: from sandbox.cz ([87.236.197.188]:42864 helo=mx.sandbox.cz) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aHSzi-0005vV-BL for guix-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jan 2016 04:06:02 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sandbox.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id 645BB38290 for ; Fri, 8 Jan 2016 10:06:00 +0100 (CET) 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 Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463811484-386972293-1452243960=:5132 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 7 Jan 2016, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) 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=E2=80=99s dmd has been around since ~2003=C2=B9. >> >> Changing names is obviously an annoyance, technically and otherwise. >> We=E2=80=99re 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 =E2=80=9CGNU=C2= =A0Shepherd=E2=80=9D > and recently got the green light. > > Rationale: > > 1. A shepherd looks after sheep (or gnus ;-)), and GNU=C2=A0dmd looks = after > daemons. > > 2. =E2=80=9CShepherd=E2=80=9D ends with a =E2=80=98d=E2=80=99, which m= akes it a good name for a daemon. > > 3. It=E2=80=99s a pun in the same spirit as =E2=80=9CGNU Hurd=E2=80=9D= . > > 4. We might even rename =E2=80=98deco=E2=80=99 to =E2=80=98herd=E2=80=99= because it=E2=80=99s the very command > that allows users to herd their daemons. > > Hope you like it. :-) The only disadvantage is it is long and in the text may get confused with= =20 a ordinary word and I personaly always struggle with spelling. > Ludo=E2=80=99. I hope, besides the name change, there is going to be some more=20 development on Shepherd then... Adam Pribyl ---1463811484-386972293-1452243960=:5132--