[Make-wifi-fast] comments on renaming iperf 2 to iperf next generation

[Bob McMahon]

How about something like 'Iperf Next Evolution 2022 (iperf2)
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/>'

I'm very open to better suggestions.

Thanks,
Bob

On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 1:04 PM Sebastian Moeller <moeller0 at gmx.de> wrote:

> Ho Bob,
>
> +1 for renaming; the iperf2 iperf3 things is really confusing for mere end
> users.
>
> However "next generation/NG" is a relative moniker, in a few years NG is
> going to be the new normal and hence the name misleading again.
>
> While somewhat lame, maybe "iperformance" might be better in side stepping
> the-bigger-is-better issue when including numbers in the name, or obviously
> the correct answer go directly to iperf42 ;)
>
> Regards
>         Sebastian
>
>
> > On Aug 16, 2022, at 20:54, Bob McMahon via Make-wifi-fast <
> make-wifi-fast at lists.bufferbloat.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > It's unfortunate that numbers have been used in iperf naming. Many think
> iperf3 is the next version of iperf (or iperf2.)  The number in the name
> isn't a version number as iperf 2 and iperf 3 are different code bases,
> different developers, have different goals, and don't interoperate.
> >
> > I'm thinking it's a good time to break this number as part of the name
> and only use -v for version numbers. In that context, I'm thinking about
> renaming iperf 2 to iperf next generation. The "next generation" implies
> that are lots of new features around responsiveness and latency.
> >
> > This proposed name will be used in web sites, etc. The "iperf2" binary
> will still just be iperf. I'm also hoping to get an IANA service as 'iperf'
> that way any device that supports the iperf 2.1.8 can also advertise
> responsiveness support.
> >
> > Here is an example and proposed updates to sourceforge. My hope is that
> this will help clear up the confusion between the two different tools.
> >
> > Comments?
> > Bob
> >
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