There's nothing 'wrong', but PyBOMBS does something else.
- The standard packagers can only install what someone has packaged (usually quite outdated), and most of them only install to the system - Installing out-of-tree modules doesn't work except for some, on some packagers - You often want to curate multiple install of GNU Radio + some modules in your home dir - Easy cross compiling - Configurable recipe lists - It actually uses the Linux package managers under the hood - .... Between portage, pip etc. all of these features surely exist in diverse packagers. But we want to provide our community with a one-stop, easy way to explore the out-of-tree modules, ease development, etc. Martin On 24.12.2015 15:21, Mike Harpe wrote: > I'm just curious. What's wrong with the standard Linux package > management systems? > > Mike Harpe > > On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Martin Braun <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Let's not get derailed -- this thread is about finding a new name for > PyBOMBS, or keeping the old one. > > The name doesn't have to be an acronym, either. I don't know what 'pip' > stands for, I'm not even sure 'yum' stands for anything, and 'emerge' is > just a nice word that describes what it's doing. Something that the > community finds overall nice for tool that does lots of things such as > installing GNU Radio and making development easier, that is easy to type > and remember and just looks good. > > Cheers, > M > > On 12/22/2015 07:35 PM, Tim O'Shea wrote: > > Cutesy acronym grumblings aside on this one, If all you wanted to > do was > > install gnu radio, apt, rpm, our emerge would do. IMO pybombs seems > > more about indexing, installing, setting up development environments, > > and updating out of tree modules - "grin" implied scope is a small > > subset thereof > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015, 10:02 PM Neel Pandeya > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > wrote: > > > > Also perhaps: > > > > GRIN = Gnu Radio INstaller > > > > > > > > On 22 December 2015 at 15:37, Martin Braun > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > Another suggestion from #gnuradio was 'grapple'. > > > > M > > > > On 22 Dec 2015 15:12, "Neel Pandeya" > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > My vote would be for one of these: > > > > GRPM = GnuRadio Package Manager > > > > GRAB = Gnu RAdio Basic installer > > > > GRBI = > > > > Gnu Radio Basic Installer > > > > I agree with Tim O'Shea, the name should be something > short > > and functional, and give an idea of what it does, > instead of > > being cutesy and contrived. > > > > --Neel > > > > > > > > > > On 22 December 2015 at 12:10, Martin Braun > > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > There's been some demand to rename PyBOMBS, and > now that > > we're > > re-releasing it, this is a good time to think > about it. > > Complaints about > > the name include: > > > > - It may or may not be true that people have been > > detained by TSA for > > working on PyBOMBS at the airport[1] > > - The name suggests a Python-related packages (like > > Pylint, PyPI...) > > rather than a GNU Radio-related tool > > - People can't agree on a capitalization > > - No one can remember what the acronym stands for > > > > Sure, this is not a critical thing, but now's a good > > chance to bring it > > up and also, this is not a joke :) > > > > Here's how we're going to do this: > > > > - Please suggest new names in this thread. > > - I will choose from those names based on 'can I live > > with this name', > > 100% subjectively. > > - New names will be put up for a vote. This will > include > > an option to > > keep the old name. > > - Finally, the result of the vote will be used as a > > strong suggestion on > > what the new name will be. > > > > There already have been some suggestions: > > > > - gromit -- the GNU Radio out-of-tree module > > installation tool > > - the groot > > - grpm -- the GNU Radio package manager > > > > > > OK guys, bring up the ideas! > > > > Cheers, > > Martin > > > > [1] It's not. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnuradio mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio > > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnuradio mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnuradio
