[Bloat] The Great Renaming (of netperf-wrapper): Final contenders

[Dave Taht]

On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 2:48 AM, Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke at toke.dk> wrote:
> Hi everyone
>
> The Great Renaming (of netperf-wrapper) has now entered its final phase
> (i.e., I have to make a decision now). There's a couple of contenders
> for a new name, see below. I'd like some feedback on which you prefer. A
> simple "This one!" is fine, but reasoning about why is also appreciated,
> of course :)
>
> So, without further ado, the contenders are:
>
> - "ENT: The Extensible Network Tester".
>   Possible name clash: https://packages.debian.org/sid/ent
>
> - "Exnett: The EXtensible NETwork Tester"
>    Avoids the name clash; the second t is important for this.
>
> - "Flent: The Flexible Network Tester"
>   'Flent' is also the sound a bufferbloated network makes when subjected
>   to testing :)
>
> - "NetBasher"

Two I had in my idea bucket

"Netmasher"

"Netsmash" or netsmasher - abbreviated nsmash


> For the first three, the abbreviation would probably be the everyday
> name, name of the executable, etc, with the expansion added in
> descriptions where appropriate.
>
>
> Please comment by Thursday, as I have a deadline for something that
> needs to include the name then...
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
>
> -Toke
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