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  • From: Aaron Brice <abrice2 AT cox.net>
  • To: Andrew <afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com>
  • Cc: sm-sorcery AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Sorcery]submit script
  • Date: 13 Sep 2002 23:06:16 -0700

On Fri, 2002-09-13 at 21:38, Andrew wrote:
> well the reason i brought this whole 'silly' naming thing up is that i
> was telling my friend about this 'submit' script im writing for source
> mage. He is very interested in SMGL and wants to install when he upgrades
> harware. I told him the name was submit and he asked why it doesnt have a
> cool name like everything else 'cast' 'gaze' etc. So that immediatly tells
> me that if he just heard the name he wouldnt take it to mean 'to make one
> submit to authority' he takes it to mean 'submit this file here' which we
> both agreed is lame, and why i bothered asking. I dont really care _that_
> much either way, i just rather have a name that seems cool to end users.
>

Isn't he supposed to take it to mean "submit this file here", since it's
a script that submits spells to the Spell Submit mailing list? There's
no way I would look at "sacrifice" and think that had anything to do
with submitting spells. This is nothing personal about this script, by
the way, this is something that's annoyed me since they changed the name
of the aptly-named "leach" to the awkward-but-fits-the-theme "summon".

> in contrast to the argument about how mandrake users get confused i would
> think they'd get just as confused if you tried to tell them how debian
> packages work. or heck even rpm's heaven forbid theres no GUI, look at
> lunar linux they pretty much have gone with the lpd naming scheme lrm
> lv etc, how easy is that to remember? we have a mnemonic and believe it
> or not, that makes it easier to think about and remember.

The point was not that they were confused about the idea of casting
spells, these are Unix people. The point was they can't take a
distribution seriously if you have to "cast" a mozilla "spell" to
install mozilla. It's like trying to convince them to buy a pink Lexus.

Aaron






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