Twisted-Goodies:   Add-ons and improvements to the Twisted Asynchronous Processing Framework

The Name

This IRC log provides information about the background of the Twisted-Goodies name, including the permission under which it's being used. It also provides a glimpse into the insanity one encounters upon entering the #twisted IRC channel at freenode.net.

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[17:33:56] <exarkun> edsuom: You would like "python-twisted-goodies" as the Debian package name for this code?

[17:34:01] <edsuom> Yes

[17:34:26] <exarkun> That will conflict with a Twisted subproject named "Goodies", of course. But we could easily say that there will never be such a subproject right now, if we want, and that sounds reasonable to me.

[17:34:35] <edsuom> That would be great.

[17:34:42] <exarkun> I think the "-goodies" suffix in Debian is well enough established so as not to be confusing to Debian users.

[17:34:56] murphy_slaw [n=kevin@69-12-240-184.dsl.static.sonic.net] has quit IRC:

[17:34:58] <exarkun> Once you get outside of Debian it might be a different story, but since we are only discussing the Debian package named, that shouldn't matter.

[17:35:16] <glyph> If we are actually talking about calling it "goodies" I guess I am OK with that, it is an established convention in a few other places

[17:35:37] <glyph> edsuom: if you would do me one favor with this though, and mention that you got our permission first before calling it "twisted" something, I'd appreciate it

[17:36:16] <glyph> There were, at one point, a few other projects that I wish had used that name

[17:36:26] <radix> hadn't?

[17:36:49] <glyph> I guess I should close the taskqueue ticket now? Without a dedicated maintainer, and without any useful code that does something application-y with it, it seems like it would just sit in limbo forever now

[17:37:28] <edsuom> Certainly. How about something like this: "The 'twisted-goodies' is not part of the Twisted (TM) asynchronous framework. Permission to use the name was graciously granted by Twisted Matrix Laboratories."

[17:37:40] <edsuom> s/is/package is/

[17:37:52] <exarkun> _keturn: The blinkin' is for emphasis!

[17:38:17] <glyph> edsuom: thank you, that works