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[David Kowis <dkowis AT shlrm.org>]

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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 think we should stick to test, stable, etc.

Having fancy names makes things more confusing...
Apparently cast and dispel are complicated enough. Also, they're actions
not data. We have stable data, not earth data. Yeah the naming stuff is
cool and fun, but we've gotta keep some things easy and simple. Stable,
test etc. are easy and simple.

David Kowis

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