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Backronym

Open kupych opened this issue 3 years ago • 1 comments

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

My coworkers and I rely heavily on asdf for our development processes and it is one of my favourite dev tools. In the tradition of many well-loved pieces of software (e.g. Pine, GNU, etc.) it's in dire need of an acronym.

Describe the proposed solution

asdf: A Software Developer's Friend

Describe similar asdf features and why they are not sufficient

asdf is easy to type, but it doesn't quite roll off the tongue like it could with a handy backronym.

Describe other workarounds you've considered

I thought of pronouncing it "azz-duff" but that's awkward too.

kupych avatar May 08 '22 19:05 kupych

On the one hand I think it should stand for something more specific, but on the other hand it has to fit into asdf-vm.

nafg avatar May 31 '22 15:05 nafg

While a backronym would be cute, I think the time that this issue has been opened for shows the difficulty of finding such an initialism that is memorable, relevant, and specific. If one is destined for this project, I'm sure the community will organically share and spread the name around.

I think addressing #1369 is enough, and my vote is to close this issue to keep the issue queue small and manageable. @jthegedus @Stratus3D thoughts on closing?

hyperupcall avatar Dec 27 '22 14:12 hyperupcall

Closing now. We may re-evaluate branding in the future.

Stratus3D avatar Dec 28 '22 19:12 Stratus3D