didn't "mm" originally mean "minus minus", as a joke against C "plus plus" ? I could be wrong though.
Seriously, who gives a shit ? This dude is also quite creative when it comes to picking names : http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Con-Kolivas-Introduces-New-BFS-Scheduler J. --- On Tue, 12/29/09, Patrick Shirkey <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Patrick Shirkey <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LAD] [ANN] aseqmm 0.2.0 released > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 8:34 PM > > On 12/30/2009 05:52 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > > > >> On 12/30/2009 12:39 AM, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas > wrote: > >> > >>> On Tuesday, December 29, 2009, Paul Davis > wrote: > >>> > >>>> i notice that SDLmm has not had a commit > in nearly a year, and appears > >>>> to have been named under a similar belief > as your own. > >>>> > >>> Is it about belief? There is something about > that in the Universal > >>> Declaration of Human Rights. Article 18: > "Everyone has the right to > >>> freedom of thought, conscience and religion". > I would also add the GUI > >>> toolkit and frameworks. > >>> > >>> Maybe you know the text of a Law, or a sacred > text source of the absolute > >>> truth, where it is stated that a library name > ending in "mm" must not be > >>> used by those not belonging to the > congregation of true believers, under > >>> pain of heresy ? > >>> > >> I think it is more about the numbers game. > Basically there is a pattern > >> that has been established by developers who have > chosen to end their > >> apps names with mm. Your app falls outside of the > pattern so it may be > >> confusing for people who come across it to learn > that it is not adhering > >> to the pattern. > >> > > You are right, of course it is about numbers. There is > a majority of people > > imposing their point of view over a single one, that > is alone and looks easy > > to beat. > > > > I can understand the frustration of a confused victim > that reads "aseqmm" and > > thinks it is something different of what it really is, > then he reads the > > description that says "This library is a C++ wrapper > around the ALSA library > > sequencer interface, using Qt4 objects, idioms and > style". This poor victim > > must be protected, even if that means stoning me > preventively. > > > > > > Probably a more likely scenario is that a user who is > knowledgable in > such things will read the description and think "Hmmm, > that's a strange > name for such a library, I wonder what other interesting > design choices > have been made". > > Btw, you are free to perceive this as constructive feedback > or simply > criticism. I have no intent on the latter though. > > > > > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > > > > > > > > So, I am thinking about changing the name of the > library for "Lapidation" in > > the next release. It will be interesting to write a > little chapter for the > > documentation, explaining the name's history and why > it had to be changed. > > What do you think? > > > > > >> An analogy could be a sushi restaurant called > "Bobs meat extravaganza". > >> Technically they do serve some meat in the > restaurant but it's probably > >> going to be confusing for those who like to > consume copious amounts of > >> beef. > >> > > I don't imagine a crowd of angry people complaining > the restaurant's owner to > > force him to change the name. If you don't like the > meal or the name, you > > should avoid dinning there. That's all. > > > > I feel part of the community of Linux Audio > Developers. I know that there is a > > majority using certain toolkits and technologies, they > are different to mine. > > I'm alone or among a little minority. And so what? Are > we developers or > > sheep? > > > > Regards, > > Pedro > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
