[Chicago] names (was Re: autoimp)

[Ted Pollari]

On Jul 20, 2006, at 2:58 PM, Jason R Huggins wrote:

> Nope, but on an off-topic, but semi-related note... does anyone else
> *hate* the name "cheeseshop" as much as I do?

It makes me twitch, just ever so slightly and I really don't expect  
anyone to take it seriously if it were ever mentioned in conversation/ 
explanation because of its name... so yeah, I'm guessing I'm with you  
on this...

> Really, I don't know why I
> hate the name so much. Maybe 'cause it reminds of all the childish  
> module
> names in the Twisted framework ('twisted.spread.jelly',
> 'twisted.spread.banana'). What was wrong calling simply it "Python  
> Package
> Index". The mixed metaphors between python (the snake) and python (the
> British comedy) is kinda annoying... For example, so we now store  
> "eggs"
> in a "cheeseshop"?!
>

Friends don't let friends mix stupid naming schemes or something like  
that.

The 'egg' name seems reasonable to me even without the metaphorical  
pedigree but when you mix in the 'cheeseshop' it's all pretty much a  
lost cause.

Clever as their namers may think themselves, names like those really  
don't further the cause of gaining respectability in many circles  
that are already suspicious/untrusting  of the open source community  
and products produced therein, IMNTBHO (in my never to be humble  
opinion).

-ted