[Pythonmac-SIG] Name that Python

[Jack Jansen]

[Kevin, I've remove the wx-people off the cc, I hope you'll 
summarize for them]
On zaterdag, juli 20, 2002, at 04:32 , Kevin Ollivier wrote:

> A thought I had (Jack, I hope you're listening =), what do you 
> guys think about changing the name for "MachoPython" to 
> MacPythonX while MacPython undergoes the Carbon -> OS X only 
> transition? I think the name makes it clearer that it's OS X 
> only, and its probably a bit easier to remember as well for 
> those not compiling Mac software. =) Also, is the wxPython  
> Sourceforge site the only place MachoPython is available for 
> download?

To start with the last question: yes, at the moment it is.

On to the interesting bit, the naming question. I think the term 
MachoPython has served us well over the last year (I should 
think that, I think I was the one to come up with it, or at 
least picked it up pretty quickly). However, I think it's too 
techy for a large audience, as the Macho is a pun on the 
underlying Mach-O executable format, which noone knows or cares 
about. I want a naming scheme that will allow us to use the name 
MacPython again (for what is now MachoPython) in a few 
years/releases. In the mean time, as long as OS9 Python 
continues to exist it should have a name for itself, to 
forestall confusion (which is already happening, and which I 
don't want to get worse).

All I can think of is putting a 9 and an X (or possibly an OSX) 
somewhere in the name. This would lead to combo's like 
Mac9Python and MacXPython, MacPython9 and MacPythonX, 
MacPython-OS9 and MacPython-OSX. (Or could we bite the bullet 
for the 2.3 release and call the old beast MacOS9Python and the 
new one simply MacPython?)

Of these I think I like the first combo best, but that's only 
because I think the others are worse. Any suggestions for other 
names? Anyone think we can start using MacPython for Macho 
already? Any other insights?
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