Re: Bug#202865: http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/ not linked from /devel/testing

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 10:46:15PM -0500, Alexander Winston wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:19, Colin Watson wrote:
> > --- testing.wml	18 Sep 2003 16:07:07 -0000	1.17
> > +++ testing.wml	9 Nov 2003 03:15:20 -0000
> > @@ -300,6 +300,10 @@ that are out of date for
> >  <a href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/stable_outdate.txt";>stable</a> and
> >  <a href="http://ftp-master.debian.org/testing/unstable_outdate.txt";>unstable</a>.</p>
> >  
> > +<p>Bj&ouml;rn Stenberg has written a
> > +<a href="http://bjorn.haxx.se/debian/";>frontend</a> to help you find out why
> > +packages are being held out of testing.</p>
> > +
> >  <p>You might be interested in reading an older
> >  <a href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-0008/msg00906.html";>explanation
> >  email</a>. Its only major flaw is that it doesn't take the package pool
> 
> Front end is two words, but otherwise, I don't see why this should not
> be added.

If we're going to quibble about that then it should be hyphenated,
namely "front-end". To me, "front end" only makes sense if you're
comfortable talking about the ends of the object in question without the
"front" or "back" qualifier, as with for example a horse. When applied
to compilers, interfaces, and other such things then I think that
"front-end" has specific technical implications and should be
hyphenated.

(Of course, the Jargon File and other similar dictionaries seem to use
the two forms interchangeably, but hey ... I just find the space
ungainly.)

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]