Why not just use the "cyg-" prefix, like the cygstart and cygpath tools already do? Something like "cygsetup", "cygpackage", "cygpackman", etc. I think these both communicate clearly the purpose of the program and are short to type.
Alex On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:55 AM, Klaus Grue wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010, Steven Collins wrote: >> >> ... I'm not a fan of "cpm.exe" for two reasons. 1) ... 2) ... > > Good points > >> "CygwinPackageManager.exe" communicates clearly what the >> program is without any further need of explanation. > > That is a good name. Simple is beautiful. > > Maybe one should also consider CygwinPM.exe. It is less informative but > there are still cases where short file names are nice to have. > > Klaus > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
