Apropos of nothing, I just came across this line at https://github.com/trestletech/plumber:
plumber was originally released as the rapier package and has since been renamed (7/13/2015) Heh. David On 13 June 2017 at 13:29, Michael Dewey <li...@dewey.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > Dear David > > It is your package and you can choose the name you prefer. If you feel > uncomfortable with the current one then change it. I do not think anyone > else's opinion is relevant unless a package author picks a name that all > right thinking people would find offensive. > > > On 11/06/2017 14:51, David Hugh-Jones wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> A short while ago I released the "huxtable" package for writing HTML and >> LaTeX tables: >> https://www.github.com/hughjonesd/huxtable >> >> The name seemed cute to me, but I later found out that to Americans it has >> special associations. The Huxtables were the family in the Cosby show. >> That >> would be fine, except that Bill Cosby is now on trial for one case of >> rape, >> and there are accusations of many other cases. >> >> So, two questions: >> >> * Do you think I should change the name? >> >> Comments welcome from Americans and others on this difficult cultural >> issue. >> >> * If I do, what's the best and least disruptive way to do it? Bear in mind >> that I have a couple of thousand users. >> >> My first thought would be to release an update which gives a warning about >> the future change when the package is loaded; then release a package with >> the new name and continue development on this branch. >> >> David >> >> [[alternative HTML version deleted]] >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel >> >> --- >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. >> http://www.avg.com >> >> >> > -- > Michael > http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel