[Pythonmac-SIG] PackMan->ChapMan

Lance Boyle lanceboyle at myrealbox.com
Mon Aug 4 17:12:03 EDT 2003


Too obscure--not descriptive.

Jerry


On Friday, Aug 1, 2003, at 18:28 America/Phoenix, Jack Jansen wrote:

> Folks,
> it's late, but I'd like to share this one. One of the non-issues 
> that's been bothering me with Package Manager was the name, as you 
> know. Package Manager is boring, pimp got voted down, PackMan is 
> already taken...
>
> Then at a hunch I picked up the dictionary, and it turns out the 
> (old-)english word for a traveling salesman in assorted wares 
> ("marskramer" for those who speak dutch) is: "Chapman".
>
> What do you think?




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