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Re: Cygwin visual brand


Why not just use the "cyg-" prefix, like the cygstart and cygpath
tools already do? Something like "cygsetup", "cygpackage",
"cygpackman", etc. I think these both communicate clearly the purpose
of the program and are short to type.

Alex

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 1:55 AM, Klaus Grue wrote:
> On Mon, 10 May 2010, Steven Collins wrote:
>>
>> ... I'm not a fan of "cpm.exe" for two reasons. 1) ... 2) ...
>
> Good points
>
>> "CygwinPackageManager.exe" communicates clearly what the
>> program is without any further need of explanation.
>
> That is a good name. Simple is beautiful.
>
> Maybe one should also consider CygwinPM.exe. It is less informative but
> there are still cases where short file names are nice to have.
>
> Klaus
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