New name option: Flatpack/Flatpak

Jasper St. Pierre jstpierre at mecheye.net
Mon May 2 16:04:27 UTC 2016


Flatpacks are those things from Ikea that make the furniture really
easy to distribute, unpack, and install. :)

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 9:01 AM, Matthias Klumpp <matthias at tenstral.net> wrote:
> 2016-05-02 17:23 GMT+02:00 Alexander Larsson <alexl at redhat.com>:
>> We've had some more discussions about the name, and the google doc has
>> been updated with a bunch of alternatives.
>>
>> However, at the end the name "Flatpack", or "Flatpak" seems to have
>> come up on top for many people.
>
> What's the rationale for this name? The "pack" part is obvious, but
> why is it flat?
> Cheers,
>     Matthias
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  Jasper



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