Re: [irs-discuss] What's in a name?

Sriganesh Kini <sriganesh.kini@ericsson.com> Mon, 12 November 2012 18:55 UTC

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PRI - Programmatic Routing Interface

Though this clashes with PRI of ISDN fame that has long been buried. IRS,
besides the obvious clash can mess up the search results. Also, I don't see
a good reason to include 'System' in the acronym.


On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 6:49 AM, Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> wrote:

> Personally, I find discussions of what name/acronym to use a bit sad. I've
> had
> enough code review hours wasted debating the names of variables to not
> want to
> spend any more time on this sort of thing.
>
> However, I note that there was some unease about the use of IRS. If we
> really
> need to find a new name for this work (and I note that RSI is also used for
> something else) we need to find a solution soon.
>
> Can I suggest that only those people who have a strong objection to IRS
> need to
> contribute to the discussion. Furthermore, we don't need suggestions to be
> floated, we need solid and definite proposals. That way we will possibly
> reach a
> serious conclusion quickly.
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
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