Naming of `fpm.toml` about fpm HOT 6 CLOSED

If we consider fpm.toml, I like it better than either Fpm.toml or FPM.toml. I see little value in the sorting argument.

If I think of any better names than fpm.toml, I will write here, but I think fpm.toml is just fine.

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If I get it correctly in the Rust world libraries/packages are called crates, and the package manager called Cargo is responsible for shipping these crates?

In line with the Rust naming, if you don't mind playing with some old Fortran terminology, crates would become decks (as in punched card decks), and the Fortran package manager would be a box/package/drawer/folder/cabinet/chest/case/dealer/dispenser/pile/loader/...?.... Unfortunately none of these words really ring. The fpm.toml acronym is also easy enough to remember.

From Wikipedia:

...a box of computer programs in punched card form from the early 1970s. The deck in the middle shows what a program deck looked like after extensive editing and debugging. The cardboard box was originally used to ship blank cards and held 2000 cards.

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Thanks @ivan-pi for the ideas.

I think a Rust package is simply called a crate, but even I am not 100% sure. For that reason I would recommend to simply call a package as a package, so that people know what that means.

I agree, let's just use fpm.toml.

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Should we close this now? We've implemented it as fpm.toml.

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Ok, closing.

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