Thomas Backlund wrote: > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>the name "urpmi" does sound stupid, like somebody belching. why do linux >> programmers give >>their software such silly names? guess they dont have sales or packaging >> departments > > > IMHO it could be: > > urpmi - Unified RPM Installer > urpme - Unified RPM Eraser > urpmf - Unified RPM Finder > urpmq - Unified RPM Query >
AFAIK it was originally User RPM Installer (or something like that) from 7.1/7.2 or so when members of the urpmi group could also use urpmi. Buchan -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
