On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov < flatw...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:05:09 -0700 > Aniket Aranake <aniketaran...@gmail.com> wrote: > > [...] > > * Package name : su2 > [...] > > In addition to what Clint said, I would resommend to change the name to > something like "su2-pde" or "su2-toolkit" or "su2-pde-toolkit". > > The reasoning is: > > 1) It's not obvious to a casual observer that "su2" is really su^2 > meaning SUU meaning "Stanford University Unstructured" (WTF is this > last word when it comes to name a software package anyway)? > 2) There's a tool named "su" which usage is kind of ubiquitous > on systems of the Unix ilk, including Debian. So I would say "su2" > will be perceived by may as something improving on that venerable > "su" utility (like "su 2.0") rather than being something completely > unrelated. > I can certainly change the name as suggested. I will submit as su2-pde. Solving PDEs numerically involves discretizing a solution domain with a grid. The grids may be "structured" or "unstructured." A primary feature of su^2 is its use of unstructured grids - hence the name. I imagine I'll run into more difficulties with packaging. Is there anyone who might be interested in sponsoring this package? Cheers! Aniket -- Aniket Aranake PhD Candidate Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Stanford University
