DPM Package Manager - presentation

[Vincent Parrett 763]

Hi All

 

A few weeks ago I did a zoom presentation about DPM to the Australian Delphi User Group (Melbourne branch, but anyone could attend).

 

A link to the recording of that presentation is available on the ADUG website - https://www.adug.org.au/meetings/melbourne-meeting-november-2020/ along with some notes about dpm

 

The video is nearly 2hrs long, but the presentation part is only the first 50 min or so (the rest is q&a/discussion).  If you want to skip past the boring slides to the demo it starts at 24:40 😉 

 

[David Champion 48]

Hi Vincent,

 

is the discussion still open viz-a-viz a better name for the project; a name that is short, memorable, cute etc (like ruby gems, cargo/crate, dart pub) ?

[Vincent Parrett 763]

5 hours ago, David Champion said:

Hi Vincent,

 

is the discussion still open viz-a-viz a better name for the project; a name that is short, memorable, cute etc (like ruby gems, cargo/crate, dart pub) ?

Sure, I'm still open to suggestions, I have had plenty already but so far nothing that has stuck (lots of bad puns, or names that are already in use for other things). 

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

My unsolicited suggestion: VPAM (vee-pam)- Vincent's PAckage Manager aka Vincent Parrett's Asset Manager 🙂 
VPAM currently gives less than 300k hits on Google and the existing ones appear not to be in the software/IT sector.

[Rollo62 539]

How about +vraptor" vincent's rad application package tool open resource"  ?
Only 18 hits, when using the "+" ...
 

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

Or... VuGet (name play on NuGet)

[Rollo62 539]

In germany we have a saying: "names are sound and smoke"

[Vincent Parrett 763]

1 hour ago, Lars Fosdal said:

y unsolicited suggestion: VPAM (vee-pam)- Vincent's PAckage Manager aka Vincent Parrett's Asset Manager 🙂 
VPAM currently gives less than 300k hits on Google and the existing ones appear not to be in the software/IT sector.

🤣 - I would hope that this project won't just be my personal package manager that only I use - that said, VPAM sounds like a kind of missile or weapon!

[Vincent Parrett 763]

1 hour ago, Rollo62 said:

How about +vraptor" vincent's rad application package tool open resource"  ?
Only 18 hits, when using the "+" ...

vraptor is a java mvc framework. 

[Vincent Parrett 763]

42 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

Or... VuGet (name play on NuGet)

Ummm.. nope. Keep trying 😉

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

Or even DuGet 😄

[David Champion 48]

42 minutes ago, Rollo62 said:

In germany we have a saying: "names are sound and smoke"

I'm guessing close to the english idiom "smoke and mirrors"

[Rollo62 539]

28 minutes ago, David Champion said:

I'm guessing close to the english idiom "smoke and mirrors"

Maybe so, it came from a text from Goethe, here in a Googled translation

Quote

Then call it what you want
Call it luck! Heart! Love! God!
I do not have a name
Therefore! Feeling is everything;
Name is smoke and mirrors
The glow of the sky clouded over.

 

Edited December 2, 2020 by Rollo62

[Morten Skovrup 6]

How about "Deliver". Have a go yourself at making it mean something - as for example "Delphi intelligent package manager" and then something with "version" 🙂

Edited December 2, 2020 by Morten Skovrup

[Uwe Raabe 2064]

"DOPE" for Delphi Organizer for Packaged Externals

[Rollo62 539]

58 minutes ago, Uwe Raabe said:

"DOPE" for Delphi Organizer for Packaged Externals

Sorry, DOPE is nothing what programmers are aware of.

Then better call it COFFEE "clean object file fragmentizer for external entities" .

Edited December 2, 2020 by Rollo62

[Anders Melander 1815]

I think it's pointless trying to comer up with a "cool" abbreviation. Just pick a name that has some good derivative or related words that can be used for the "bundles" and such. "DOPE" fit's that criteria nicely

[Lars Fosdal 1793]

JMIW - djay-meeve - Just Make It Work

[Rollo62 539]

YADPAM - yet another Delphi package manager

[Rollo62 539]

@Vincent Parrett

Nevermind, these were just jokes

DPM is fine related to NPM ....

(if not yet taken, I would consider that name by myself).

[Stefan Glienke 2019]

I kinda like DPM - TLAs FTW

[Vincent Parrett 763]

8 hours ago, Rollo62 said:

Nevermind, these were just jokes

DPM is fine related to NPM ....

(if not yet taken, I would consider that name by myself).

Yeah I get they were jokes 😉

 

FWIW, I like dpm, it's short, simple, meaningful (Delphi Package Manager) however an anther tool got there first and the author has requested I change it. However, it would have to be a very good new name for me to change it. 

[Guest]

How about these

DPA (Delphi Package Archiver)

DPP (Delphi Package Porter)

DLA (Delphi Library Archiver)

LP    (Delphi Library Porter)

LM   (Delphi Library Manager)

 

Last two are nice names for command tool.

[Rollo62 539]

waden = want a damn exclusive name

[toms 29]

• PackMan
• DPackMan