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I would assume Crun is straightforwardly "Container run" with a slight bit of play on Runc (which presumably means "Run container") to emphasize that it is inst
by jchw 6y ago
I would assume Crun is straightforwardly "Container run" with a slight bit of play on Runc (which presumably means "Run container") to emphasize that it is instead, written in C.
Given that this is an internal program name and not a product name, and that it is actually a pretty descriptive name terseness aside, I really don't see how it is so bad. Even many advanced users may never see this project name, and if they do, it will probably be in the context of being the process that actually runs their containers, in which case it should be pretty obvious.
- deathgrips 6y agoI would assume that whoever wrote "crun" had fat-fingered "cron".
- gscrivano 6y agoI am the author of Crun and the name was chosen to emphasize it is in C, compete with runc and still read like "container run". In retrospect, I could have chosen a better one.
- pm90 6y agoFWIW I really liked the name and think it’s creative yet terse and easy to search.
- jeswin 6y agoThe name is quite memorable and the points you made are valid; so please don't change it unless you have a very good reason to.
- tomcam 6y agoThe name is quite descriptive and fits the target audience perfectly as far as I’m concerned.
- girvo 6y agoI knew exactly what you were going for from nothing but the name, so I think you did a great job personally.
- topspin 6y agoThe name is fine. Pay no attention to the bikeshedding.