Change name to gPCB

[rosvall]

I hate to be *that guy*, but i guess i have to.

Searching for anything related to PCB is hard with the very generic name. Have you considered changing name to gPCB or something in that vein?

I know some of you have been working on the project, under this name, for decades, but it would make the lives of newcomers easier if problems were more googlable.

Feel free to flame me :)

[Andrew Poelstra (asp11)]

I for one would be extremely in favour of such a change. It is also difficult to refer to "pcb" in conversation, especially around others who have not heard of the project.

[Bert Timmerman (bert-timmerman)]

Hi,

Looks like some handy URI are already taken:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcb

http://gpcb.sourceforge.net/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpcb/files/

has no published files though.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.

[KaiMartin (kmk-familieknaak)]

Add me as a supporter of a name change.

I work with this layout tool for nearly ten years now. But I still find the ambiguity of the name confusing.

Any name would make it easier to communicate. But "gPCB" seems like a particularly good choice. It goes well with gEDA. And it is very close to the traditional name of the application.

@ Bert Timmerman: These days, a git repo would be the way to go. https://github.com/gpcb is free. Interestingly, gpcb.org is also still waiting for someone to grab it.

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