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Question about crate/cmd name

Open martinlindhe opened this issue 8 years ago • 2 comments

Hi and thanks for a very nice tool!

I am confused about the cargo crate name tin-summer and it's relation to the installed command line tool sn.

From what I can guess from the README, especially the oskar1.png, sn might derive from "file-sniffer"

Might a better crate name, or command line name, or possibly just a logical connection between the two be provided?

Personally, I wouldn't mind fu, as in "file usage", as it would align nicely with du (disk usage) naming, but I can see that would raise some eyebrows.

Also, there is a command line tool sn from the mono project, which would be in path if user installed mono:

$ sn
Mono StrongName - version 5.0.1.1
StrongName utility for signing assemblies
Copyright 2002, 2003 Motus Technologies. Copyright 2004-2008 Novell. BSD licensed.

Usage: sn [-q | -quiet] options [parameters]

 -q | -quiet    	Quiet mode (minimal display)

Help options
 -? | -h        	Show this help screen about the tool
 -? | -h config 	Configuration options
 -? | -h csp    	Crypto Service Provider (CSP) related options
 -? | -h convert	Format convertion options
 -? | -h sn     	StrongName signing options

EDIT: I realized sn is the chemical symbol for tin. But the issue regarding name collide with mono tool might still be worth discussing.

martinlindhe avatar Sep 16 '17 02:09 martinlindhe

Well, sn is the atomic symbol for tin. "The tin summer" is just a pun on "The tin drummer", stuff like "liboskar" references the book.

If you come up with an alternate file name that you'd like, open a PR or tell me! I can add a flag in the Cargo.toml for an alternate name.

vmchale avatar Sep 16 '17 03:09 vmchale

"The tin summer" is just a pun on "The tin drummer", stuff like "liboskar" references the book.

Ohhhh, this totally makes sense now! Now I think I won't be forgetting the name of this crate anymore! An awesome book btw!

matklad avatar Mar 06 '18 22:03 matklad