retitle 220401 ITP: kernel-linux-experimental -- Linux 2.4 kernel thanks I think you're very confused. Unfortunately, I don't have time for discussing this with you. I'll just rename the package. Now back to hacking. On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:02:17PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > >Just thought I should give you a better reply. > >On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 07:24:52PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> Robert, your (frankly autistic) worldview worries me. What do you > >> believe would be in a freebsd-kernel or netbsd-kernel package? What do > >> you believe would be in a linux-kernel package? When someone says > >> "Linux", do you think they generally mean something massively different > >> to when they say "NetBSD"? > > > >These questions are ambigous. Any response I could came up would fit on them. > >The relevant question here is not what "someone generaly means", but rather > >what "something is". > > No, when thinking about what packages contain, people are more likely to > use the general meaning of the word or phrase rather than a narrow > pedantic one. > > >The following question would make more sense: > > > > "Do you think Linux is something massively different than NetBSD?" > > > >(You could respond to it, btw) > > The term "linux" is often used to mean an operating system based around > the Linux kernel. The term "NetBSD" is often used to mean an operating > system based around the kernel from NetBSD. In a specific, narrow > definition, Linux refers only to the kernel whereas NetBSD may refer to > the entire OS. This is not a widely understood definition. So, no, I > don't think they're massively different. When people say "I've just > installed linux", they're not just talking about the kernel. > > Calling the package linux-kernel (or in this case, perhaps, > linux-kernel-experimental) resolves any ambiguity without making it any > less clear what the package contains. Where's the issue? > -- > Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.debian.devel@srcf.ucam.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
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