On Monday, 27.04.2015 at 07:32, Antti Kantee wrote: > Hi, > > Hopefully the last in the series of repo renames which started with > the "great repo rename of '14" thread, I propose renaming the > rumprun-posix repo to "rumpctrl". Rationale follows: > > rumprun-posix no longer builds the "unikernel mode" by default. > It's still available with the correct switch to the build script, > but I assume it's not interesting except for developers, and that it > will go away completely once we have a userspace platform supported > in the unified rumprun repository. Hence, to not confuse people new > to rump kernels with "rumprun *on posix*" vs. "rumprun *for posix > applications*", we should get rid of the rumprun-posix name at > top-level repo.rumpkernel.org. > > We've been tossing the name rumprun-remote around a bit. However, > the control utilities provided by the repo are not only for rumprun > unikernels. For example, one can use the network tools to control a > rump kernel/dpdk router. Therefore, the new name should not contain > "rumprun". > > Hence, my proposal of "rumpctrl". > > Thoughts?
I think including "remote" in the name would be good; it makes it more obvious that the repo contains tools to "remotely control a rump something". If not rumprun-remote (since that implies relation with rumprun-* which is not true), then how about just rump-remote? -mato
