rouson
March 5, 2026, 1:02pm
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For anyone interested, it would be great to hear more perspectives on the following issue:
opened 05:01AM - 17 Sep 25 UTC
**TL/DR:** Given `fpm`'s support for building C and C++ projects, a name change … could help to avoid initial misconceptions. Something like "Fun Package Manager" or "Fantastic Package Manager" would preserve the acronym `fpm`, and either name would accurately describe my experience of `fpm`. 😄
Motivation
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I've had several recent experiences with introducing `fpm` to a project wherein the developers were unfamiliar with `fpm` and understandably assumed `fpm` is limited to building Fortran. Given recent very positive experiences I've had with building C and C++ projects with `fpm`, it would be nice to at least prevent this one obvious and avoidable source of confusion. To wit, I contributed a three-line (not counting one blank line) manifest to the [SuperLU](https://github.com/xiaoyeli/superlu) linear algebra package, which GitHub reports is 95% C and only 0.3% Fortran. I also forked [Armadillo](https://gitlab.com/rouson/armadillo-code), a C++ project, and added a one-line `fpm` manifest that suffices for building it as a dependency of another project.
In the comment that I just posted on the issue, I have a new perspective that leads me to think I’ll close the issue soon, but it would be nice to hear others’ thoughts before doing so.
certik
March 5, 2026, 6:29pm
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Let’s keep the name. I posted into the issue also.
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