Name Change?

[ThomObarski]

Every so often I see dubious feedback on this library's name:
https://twitter.com/tcollen/status/689167094424801280
https://twitter.com/6171742/status/917891501170089986

It's kind of cringe and sophomoric; thoughts on changing it?

[jyurek]

OK I'm open to changing the name. What's a good name to change to?

shellrun
tortoise
run_like_shell

[graywolf]

But the name is funny... I vote (if this is voting) for keeping the current.

If it must be changed, run_like_shell is my favourite..

[doyle]

I'm in favor of renaming this gem as well. I work for a healthcare company and worry what would happen should someone audit our code base and find that it includes cocaine 😟 . FWIW I think tortoise is a great name.

[arbonap]

tortoise is an excellent choice IMO 🐢

[jdax]

I am in favor of a name change, and the emoji possibilities are quite awesome for tortoise

[croaky]

Maybe @david would be willing to part with the runner gem? Is that an active project? https://rubygems.org/gems/runner points to a 404 at https://github.com/david/runner

[jyurek]

Sadly, tortoise is taken and looks active. I'll see about messaging @david to see if he'll part with runner

[doyle]

run_like_shell isn't taken, also conch looks inactive if you want to stick with the shell theme.

[david]

I'm fine with passing runner over to you if you decide you'd like to use it.

[jyurek]

Oh! Thank you very much. I'll be in touch if that's what I decide on.

[johnnyshields]

How about cocaine_bot?

[michalg-]

cocaine_girl, no?

[panSarin]

Current name is fine, and many ppl already know that name so changing it can be confusing. Let's don't go crazy about whole political correctness thing.

[johnnyshields]

How about heroin_heroine?

[alosada]

I'd change it to meth or other snorted drug, just to be a smarthash

[jyurek]

So, tortoise being taken, I think the name I'm going to use is Terrapin, which is another name for turtles. Specifically ones that live in fresh or brackish water. 🐢

Re: Political correctness. It's not about that. I'm simply tired of the name, and I find myself agreeing with the people who call it a simply bad name.

[jyurek]

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