Re: Proposal: new name: pbxbuild -> pearbuild

[Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf]

Am 19.11.2009 um 02:26 schrieb address@hidden:

> 2009/11/19 Gregory Casamento <address@hidden>:
> > Hans,
> >
> > The only thing I'm wondering is why "pear" in particular?   I think
> > it's good, because it's imaginative.  Additionally, I wouldn't have
> > wanted the tool to be called gsxcodebuild or gspbxbuild or even
> > gsbuild as I have a distinct allergy to things being prefixed with GS
> > simply because they can be.   Part of this comes from having  
> > committed
> > the sin myself in the form of my "gopen" tool. :)   The only reason
> > it's not "open" is because there is an open keyword/tool on most
> > versions of Linux with which it would conflict. O_o
>
> pearbuild because it builds apple software but in an non-apple  
> environment,

Some cultural background: in the german language we proverbial  
(don't) compare apples and pears (Äpfel und Birnen) as opposed to  
apples and oranges in english speaking countries:

http://www.phrasen.com/uebersetze,Aepfel-mit-Birnen-vergleichen, 
4592,d.html


You can see this pun here: http://pearpc.sourceforge.net/ (PowerPC  
Architecture Emulator - basically a virtual machine which acts as a  
Mac), here: https://www.pearc.de/ (a company offering hackintoshes)  
and here: http://www.printmyshirt.co.uk/shop1.html?prodid=274 too.


regards,

        Lars