On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 12:18, Robert L. Harris wrote: > Nope, it's quite intentional. > > Ths fun site is keeping up with who's who. On the Debian.org site > there's a "Debian Releases" which describes stable, testing, etc. The > last line of each group uses the toystory names... > > I think when we go to 4.0 they should be named after characters from > Tremmors... > > Robert > > Thus spake deFreese, Barry (Barry.deFreese@nike.com): > > > OK, this is probably a newbie question and maybe it has been covered before > > but it's been buggin' me for a while. > > > > So we have Potato, Woody, Sid, Sarge. Are the Debian folks Toy Story fans > > or is it just coincidence? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Barry deFreese > > NTS Technology Services Manager > > Nike Team Sports > > (949)-616-4005 > > Barry.deFreese@nike.com > > > > "Technology doesn't make you less stupid; it just makes you stupid faster." > > Jerry Gregoire - Former CIO at Dell > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > :wq! > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert L. Harris | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B > @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu > DISCLAIMER: > These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. > FYI: > perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' It is because Sid was considered to be not the nicest character, and hence a qestionable name to release under, that when it was selected and assigned to Unstable, it was decided that it would be a good idea to leave it on Unstable. That said, although the releases are not so frequent that this will be an immediate concern, eventually Debian will run out of characters from the movie(s). I'm not personally sure that I feel too good about dealing with characters copyrighted (and probably trademarked) by a company that very ardently pursues (and litigates) intellectual property matters. Micro-rant there... -- Mark L. Kahnt, FLMI/M, ALHC, HIA, AIAA, ACS, MHP ML Kahnt New Markets Consulting Tel: (613) 531-8684 / (613) 539-0935 Email: kahnt@hosehead.dyndns.org
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