Perhaps I should have had my python hat on.
https://wiki.python.org/moin/egg

I don't understand what is wrong with egui - there is little chance of
overlap there surely?

A

On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 at 18:27 John Howard <[email protected]> wrote:

> I disagree.  I had never heard of egg (Zip, LZMA, AES-256) archives
> before.  Thanks for pointing out the link.
>
> It appears to have been used in 2013 in Korea and is available for Linux.
> In any case, Egg archives are redundant to the functionality already
> standardized by Zip.
> I don't think EGG is a MIME type yet so it is irrelevant still.
>
> If you want to now establish a future standard for an E Gui Generator then
> EGG is a better name.
> Or store the resources inside an .egg archive if it makes you happy.  But
> that purpose is redundant to Eet.
>
> I'd prefer the egg archive format disappear into obscurity, and not the E
> Gui Generator.  What do you think?
> Which one would become more popular if there is competition for the simple
> name?
> Case in point: Windows(tm) or DEC Windows?
>
> -- Eon
>
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 12:03 PM, Andrew Williams <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > That seems unadvisable:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGG_(file_format)
> >
> > Andy
> >
> > On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 at 16:38 John Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Howdy!
> > >
> > > I wish to make a suggestion.  Please change the files suffix for Erigo
> > from
> > > egui to egg.
> > > E GUI Generator (EGG)
> > >
> > > Thank you.
> > >
> > > -- Eon
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