Re: Renaming the Debian Project

[keito <audioactivist@gmail.com>]

I believe Debian should retain its name, for the following reasons...


      * Debian is a well known brand. 
      * Name changes are disruptive. Lot's of work would be involved in
        updating documentation and branding.
      * It would lead to confusion for users trying to search for help
        with a problem (do they search for Debian or the replacement
        name?).  This would fragment existing documentation and support,
        which is a high price to pay.
      * Ian's (now deleted) tweets, although inappropriate, were not
        intended to be racist, or at least that's how I see it.  It's
        all a matter of context.  I think in this situation we can
        clearly see his tweets and outgoing manner are entirely out of
        character, when compared with previous tweets on the account.
        There are all sorts of factors to weigh in here, stress, mental
        health issues, possible head injuries, etc. It's entirely
        inappropriate to suggest a name change at this point in time,
        when there is grief enough to contend with.
      * Ian Murdoch has dedicated much of his life to the furthering of
        open source software.  It would be a shame to steal his legacy
        away from him, after his untimely and unfortunate death.