>> Not to be a downer, but I'm not sure a common name like Seth really >> solves the problem here. I can already foresee: >> >> new_person: New relay operator here, any tips? >> somebody: Hey, try Seth! >> new_person: The EFF technologist who posts on tor-talk? >> new_person: Does he help with relay admin stuff, too? >> somebody: Nope, it's something completely different. It's a confusing name. > > Thanks Mike! Actually, when Roger reminded me of Seth Schoen that's > the one thing so far that did give me pause. I doubt this would > honestly cause confusion but that aside, I should check with him. I'd > find it unpleasant if a popular project in this community was named > 'Damian'. If he feels likewise I should pick another name. > > Hope not though. I really like this one. :(
Spoke with Seth Schoen and he's fine with it, though suggests usually opting for lowercase (which makes sense anyway, it's a commandline script like top and lsof after all!). Response on this thread though makes me nervous. Personally I really like the name. Like Stem (... which I think was a great library name) it's short, memorable, and sounds neat. Personally I don't associate seth much with a person's name. Besides Seth Schoen and a particularly neat Crusnik in Trinity Blood I've never heard the name before. Mike's comment that it was a common name caught me off guard so looked it up. Seems 'Seth' is the 643rd most popular name [1], used by 77 thousand of 318 million residents of the US (0.02%). Indeed honestly higher than I thought, but not distressingly so. Are there truly any sizeable concerns with this name or can I move forward? I like it, but don't want to opt for something generally disliked by the community. And on a side note, damn naming things is hard... Cheers! -Damian [1] http://howmanyofme.com/search/?given=Seth _______________________________________________ tor-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-dev
