A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:50:26 +1100, > richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> So I did what people always do in this situation, I asked Barry Warsaw to >> name. it. And he did, "Cheese Shop". I liked the name, so it was done. When >> the new pydotorg machines went live last year, so too did the name >> cheeseshop.python.org >> > > Given the endless whiny complaints about the name, though, I think we > should just give up and go back to PyPI (pronounced 'Pippy'). > I realise it's an incredibly boring name, but what about pronouncing it as "the package index" or "the Python Package Index". Spelling it "PyPI" if one insists on a very short name in some written context is fine, but try not to use it when talking to a new user. That is, link to the page as "The Package Index" from www.python.org, refer to it as "you can find that in the package index", or "The Python Package Index has modules for X, Y, and Z" in a non-Python context. Use pippy if you're talking with someone deeply embedded in Python culture (maybe), but don't expect people to know what you're talking about. Use "the Cheese Shop" similarly.
Luckily, www.python.org already does this, so no change is really required, it's only the server-name that says "cheeseshop", everything else says "Package Index" (that I could find)... Which boils down to "don't call it the cheese shop or pippy when you're talking to new users", maybe don't even call it that when you're talking to *anyone* who's not deeply pythonified, but feel free to think of it as the cheese shop or pippy. The familiar names, cute as they may be, don't really help users much. That is, make it an in-joke if you like, but assume that users will refer to it via the obvious, simple description of what it is and target documentation and communication appropriately. When/if the user "gets" that the Package Index is the Cheese Shop they can feel great having pierced that bubble, but don't force them to pierce it to get the software they need. Just my two cents, Mike -- ________________________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://www.vrplumber.com http://blog.vrplumber.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
