Re: What's in a name?

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Andrew Berg wrote:
> I know I really shouldn't be spending too much time and effort on a
> name, but for some reason, it's really bothering me that I can't come up
> with good names for the projects I'm working on.
> 
> I came up with abstract names (see below) that I don't really like
> (because they're so abstract). I also came up with another name for the
> module that's okay: Maven (Module for Audio and Video ENcoding).
> 
> Any ideas?

Maven sounds good to me.  I personally don't care for python 
module/package names that start with 'py' -- it's not like I'm going to 
have a Perl or Pascal module in my site-packages.  ;)

Good luck!

~Ethan~

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