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Re: Press Anouncement preparation for Sarge r3



Hi,

> > > > > > > Upgrading to this revision online is usually done by pointing the
> > > > > > s/online/on network-connected machines/
> > > > > Rejected.
> > > > Any reason? It's not like "online" is an overloaded word that is
> > > > IMHO to be avoided.
> > > Maybe I just like the text as it was before?
> > Nothing to get worked up over. However, I truly dislike the word
> > "online" and since this email comes from the Debian project, not
> > yourself, it's not so much your or my preferences that count...
> 
> If it helps, I prefer "online" too :)

Having belonged to a corporate world, I find 'online' usually mean
'while the machine and the service is up', not 'network-connected'. 
Is this what's intended? 

regards,
	junichi
-- 
dancer@{debian.org,netfort.gr.jp}   Debian Project



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