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[Matthew Clark <MatthewClark AT InLesserTerms.net>]

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Jaka Kranjc wrote:
> On Friday 05 May 2006 06:06, Eric Sandall wrote:
>> One reason for not applying the themes to our versions (Sorcery's test,
>> stable, and devel branches and the devel, test, stable-rc, stable,
>> z-rejected, and games grimoires) is because non-descriptive names are
>> confusing. 
> 
> How about descriptive names then? They can still be fantasy related or at 
> least less dull.
> 
> (devel) := wild
> test := modern
> stable-rc := ancient
> stable := prehistoric
> z-rejected := necromantic
> games := bardic
> 
> Just a bad example. 
> 
>> Take, for example, the following:
>> Grimoires:
>>   terra
>>   agua
>>   air
>>   luna
>>   fuego
>>   apothecary
>>
>> Now, which do you think is which? I thought of them as:
>>   apothecary = devel (drugs kill people, and devel kills machines)
>>   agua = test (water is fluid and often changing)
>>   terra = stable (the earth is very stable)
>>   luna = stable-rc (the moon is less stable than the earth, but orbits it)
>>   fuego = z-rejected (fiery and unstable)
>>   air = games (nothing of substance here, just fun! ;))
>>
>> Note I am not proposing these names, just trying to point out why I
>> prefer the current naming scheme for our branches to picking arbitrary
>> names.
> Your example is pretty good; I'd use fuego for devel and something bad for 
> z-rejected (misery, death, plague).

I'd prefer if we left the grimoire names as they are.  While the names
everyone is coming up with all seem moderately nifty, I think moving
forward with any of it is an invitation to problems.

While the theme is nice, let us not forget the KISS concept!

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