Consider a shortter name and avoid conflicts

[edwinjhlee]

Dear contributors in otree community,

Here's a humble suggestion from my end, and it stems from a concern about the long-term.

Given that oTree is a platform specifically designed for economic simulations, I worry that as it grows, we might run into naming conflicts down the road.

Would it be worth considering a shorter name, perhaps four letters or less? For simplicity's sake, we could even stick with the original name but shorten the binary name to "otr."

Regards,
Junhao Li

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[fioncat]

Thanks for your suggestions.

However, the name "otree" seems to be unused in the command line tools, at least I cannot find this package name when searching in AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&SeB=nd&K=otree&outdated=&SB=p&SO=d&PP=50&submit=Go

Users can also create aliases for otree using methods like: alias otr=/usr/bin/otree

I think modifying the existing name might affect current users, which doesn't seem very user-friendly.

[edwinjhlee]

[edwinjhlee]

This is just my personal opinion, take it as a reference.

I think the otree project is still in its early stages, and the later you try to change the name, the harder it will be.