Re: [RFC PATCH] Rename "bury" back to "sink".

From: Chris Shoemaker <c.shoemaker@cox.net>
Date: May 5, 2007, 17:35 UTC
Message-ID: <20070505173547.GA3540@pe.Belkin>
In-Reply-To: <20070505131352.GB3379@diana.vm.bytemark.co.uk>

On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 03:13:53PM +0200, Karl Hasselström wrote:

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> On 2007-05-05 00:53:03 +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
> 
> > Well, it looks like the voices we heard on this naming issue were
> > quite equally cast towards each of the 2 name.
> >
> > Let my vote be to get back to "sink", so the user can easily pair
> > the command with "float". I expect that any previously-silent
> > majoity prefering "bury" will talk now, before Catalin decides if he
> > wants this patch in the next release :)
> 
> Well, my vote is still for "sink"! If it is to be called "stg bury",
> I'd have to vote for changing "stg float" to "stg unearth". :-)

Just my 2.5 cents:

float/sink are clearly related, while I wouldn't associate float/bury at all. Also, "bury" is sometimes euphemistic for "kill", so bury/resurrect is a clear pair. Anyway, "sink" makes perfect sense to me.

-chris