Re: Fw: Re: RFC: renaming "Distribution"
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 09:18:47PM +0000, Matthew Bell wrote:
> > - 2.2r3, 2.2r4, etc
>
> I believe these are called point releases. Perhaps the 'r' standing for
> 'release' is misleading; perhpas it should be a 'p' or '.'?
The "r" is meant to be "revision", I think.
> > - distributing debian (the current title of /distrib/ is
> > 'Distribution'. Ugh)
>
> hmmm...*searches through thesaurus*: acquisition; source; supply;
> suppliers?
In that list I'd prefer acquisition, but somehow that doesn't sound simple
as it should :)
> > One thing that would help is having a debian dictionary page. Key words
> > could have links to the appropriate entry in the dictionary the first
> > time they are used on pages for general consumption. This would have the
> > added benefit of forcing the translators to think carefully of how they
> > translate some key words and to then translate them consistently.
>
> Who _should_ be naming things? Do we need a MS like marketing division?
> One name for the techies and another for the website? or just let the
> people who deal with the public decide?
Some people decide better than others...
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