Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?
On 2023-07-03, debian-user@howorth.org.uk <debian-user@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
> Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
>> Roger Price (12023-07-03):
>> > Exactly my point that inanimate objects of which there are many
>> > examples are best known by numbers. Numbers so well known that
>> > songs are written about the number: historic US 66 [1], and in
>> > France the historic N7 [2], a vacation highway.
>>
>> And you know which one is the N6 or the N8? Or the US route 65 or 67?
>
> No but I live in the UK and I know the A1, A2, A4, A5, A6 and many
> others, plus the M1, M4, M5, M6.
>
>> The objects that are by their number are the exception, not the rule.
>
> There are roads whose 'numbers' I don't know but I don't know the
> 'names' of any of them except for rare exceptions such as 'the Great
> North Road'. But road numbers are mostly just labels, although there is
> a kind of system for allocating them.
>
I only know Abbey Road and Penny Lane.
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