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Re: Solid modeling in Guile
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Matthew Keeter |
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Re: Solid modeling in Guile |
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Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:42:16 -0400 |
How about ao-cad? That should be pretty unambiguous.
-Matt
On Sep 22, 2016, at 1:40 PM, Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> wrote:
> Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Matthew Keeter <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>>> I wrote a computer-aided design (CAD) tool that you may find interesting.
>>>
>>> It’s a solid modeling tool that uses Guile scripts to define objects (and
>>> constructive solid geometry + functional representations under the hood).
>>
>> Sounds very interesting!
>>
>>> Project page: http://www.mattkeeter.com/projects/ao/
>>> Source: https://github.com/mkeeter/ao
>>
>> The names 'ao' and 'libao' are already taken by a widely-used cross
>> platform audio library. See http://www.xiph.org/ao/
>
> Following up to myself: the problem here is that since 'ao' is already
> taken, distributions wishing to include your package will need to invent
> a new name. It might be better for you to choose that new name, to
> prevent a situation where each distro picks a different name, which
> would be rather confusing for users wishing to install your package.
>
> To make this more concrete, I would like to add your package to GNU
> Guix, where 'ao' is the aforementioned audio library. What name shall
> I choose for your package?
>
> Mark