From a2c3274585f2bf0c7c35fb99c6684fc7bea822f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Lubom=C3=ADr=20Sedl=C3=A1=C5=99?= Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2017 10:44:58 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: Document origin of the name MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Fixes: #600 Signed-off-by: Lubomír Sedlář --- doc/about.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/about.rst b/doc/about.rst index bb4963cf..90271341 100644 --- a/doc/about.rst +++ b/doc/about.rst @@ -40,3 +40,19 @@ Links - Upstream GIT: https://pagure.io/pungi/ - Issue tracker: https://pagure.io/pungi/issues - Questions can be asked on *#fedora-releng* IRC channel on FreeNode + + +Origin of name +============== + +The name *Pungi* comes from the instrument used to charm snakes. *Anaconda* +being the software Pungi was manipulating, and anaconda being a snake, led to +the referential naming. + +The first name, which was suggested by Seth Vidal, was *FIST*, *Fedora +Installation Tool*. That name was quickly discarded and replaced +with Pungi. + +There was also a bit of an inside joke that when said aloud, it could sound +like punji, which is `a sharpened stick at the bottom of a +trap `_. Kind of like software…