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[Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>]

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Andrew wrote:
> On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 09:21:33PM +0200, Andreas wrote:
>> So I don't think your proposal is completely arbitrary. Someone a little 
>> versed in magic
>> can probably make them out. And other distros get away with really obscure
>> arbitrary names (like Sid, the kid that breaks toys), so probably 
>> sourcemage 
>> can get away with it as well.
> 
> Those names are for specific releases, they also had more formal names
> or qualifiers over their lifetime to indicate their stability. Sid was
> at one point 'experimental', 'test', 'stable' (or whatever they use
> over there). The iso's have themed names, however they also are refered
> to as devel, test, and stable over their lifetime.

Those (Sid, Buzz, etc.) are the names of their (Debian's) ISO releases,
not their branches. If you 'track' Sid then you will only ever have
minor updates to the packages that were installed by Sid, but if you
track stable then you will continue up through Sid, Buzz, etc. to track
the stable branch. We have like names for our ISOs (Flare, Mending,
Guidance, etc.).

> For what its worth, I think Eric wasn't actually serious in his proposed
> names, and was using them as an example of how silly giving themed names
> to things would be...

Correct. I was trying to point out how, no matter what names we pick or
how many agree/like the names, in the end they mean nothing. The current
naming scheme for Sorcery and Grimoire branches is, to me, preferred and
useful. Using a 'themed' naming scheme may sound nice, but in the end it
only obfuscates what is what and will lead to more confusion for new
(and some long-time) users.

- -sandalle

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